20th Century
Charles Jessold, Considered As A Murderer
Allow me to admit something to you up front: I may not have been the right audience to properly appreciate…
We’ll Meet Again
At seventeen, Meg Colivet is living a privileged life with her wealthy family at Colivet Manor in Guernsey. In April…
Crying Blood
Set in 1915 on a thriving Oklahoma farm, the Tucker family is embroiled in another mystery when a decade-old skeleton…
Monsieur Linh and His Child
Monsieur Linh flees his war-torn country, all his family dead but with a child in his arms whom he must…
Daughters of the Revolution
“Disaster is genius, lurking. Be careful. Don’t die.” These are the words of Mei-Mei, the wife of Heck Hellman and…
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
One doesn’t know quite what to expect when a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter of rock and country music – who is…
Consequences of the Heart
Editors' choice
“Mine is a tale of great love.” So begins the memoir of Charles “Chud” Church, (1922-1999). Set in the fictional…
Three Miles
1940. During an intense Luftwaffe bombardment of Leeds, Captain Abraham Matthews finally corners Albie Crowe, leader of the gang of…
The Traitor’s Emblem
This story, based on fact, opens in 1940 with the captain of a patrol boat in the Straits of Gibraltar…
Lyrics Alley
Editors' choice
The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune…
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