20th Century
A Treacherous Paradise
The famed author of the popular Kurt Wallender series takes a real-life historical tidbit and expands it into a meaty…
If I Close my Eyes Now
As Yuri Gagarin transmits from space, and indelibly changes our view of ourselves, two young boys bunking off school in…
The Girl You Left Behind
France, 1916. The Kommandant of the German soldiers who occupy the village of St. Péronne is a cultured man, but…
The Lion Seeker
In the 1930s, Jews in South Africa were coping with the threat of Hitler in the territory they had left:…
The Captain’s Daughter
The Captain’s Daughter opens with two very different women taking the famed ship Titanic to America, neither anxious to be…
Crowning Deception
In 1940, King Carol of Romania fled his country in the face of a Nazi-inspired coup, leaving behind the crown…
Quiet Dell
The real-life murders perpetrated in the small West Virginian town of Quiet Dell are lovingly coaxed to life by Jayne…
Cross my Heart
A tragic adventure story set in WW2 Belgium, Cross my Heart follows Nicole, who at fifteen joins the Resistance. In…
Fingal O’Reilly, Irish Doctor
In 1936, Fingal is a newly-minted young doctor working for a “dispensary” in Dublin’s tenements, a kind of all-purpose health…
Queen of the Waves
When Jacquie Abingdon’s father arranges for her to marry a young colleague of his, her mother secretly plots for her…
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