20th Century
Amber Road
Singapore has long been a strategic British colony but, as 1941 dawns, its residents are ill-prepared for what is about…
Joy Takes Flight
As the book opens, Kate Evans, a bush pilot in 1938 Alaska, is about to marry Paul Anderson, frontier doctor.…
Hardcastle’s Frustration
Detective Ernest Hardcastle is in charge of all detectives in London while World War I is raging across Europe. All…
Cast the First Stone
The novel opens in 1965 at a “Jacob’s Join” in a church in Aberthwaite, Yorkshire. The party is to welcome…
Tigers in Red Weather
Klaussmann’s debut starts innocently, with Nick and her cousin Helena celebrating the end of World War II on a hot…
Come Rain, Come Shine
Ireland in the early 1960s: Savvy, sophisticated Clare Hamilton returns from France to her native Armagh to marry Andrew, her…
The Passing Bells
Readers should be forgiven if they delve into Phillip Rock’s former bestseller and initially find themselves picturing Downton Abbey’s famous…
Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
This is the eighth novel in prolific American author William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle, which began way back in 1975 with…
Painter of Silence
Romania under Communist tyranny is the setting for Georgina Harding’s novel of subtle pathos, showing the transformation of society as…
Frankie’s Letter
With his dying breath, an American journalist whispers to Anthony Brooke that there is a gentleman traitor in England feeding…
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