20th Century
Sirens
Josephine Winter is sent to New York City to stay with her aunt and uncle, but she’d rather be home…
Back to Blackbrick
This beautifully-written time-slip novel explores memory loss, grief and family relationships. It’s narrated in a lively 21st-century voice by Cosmo,…
The Haunting of Charity Delafield
1903. Twelve-year-old Charity Delafield lives a very restricted life in Stone Gate Hall, a creepy mansion with lots of rooms…
Mosaic of an Unquiet Time
This novel is set in 1963 in the fictional British colony of As Areias, an archipelago located off the coast…
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
This novel, written in the style of Joyce or Proust, is essentially based on Faulkner’s theme: “The past is never…
The Lairds of Cromarty
Some books are a real surprise, and this is one of them. What is at heart a detective story becomes…
Winter Games
A crossover novel between chick-lit and historical drama, and charting specific and interrelating events in the lives of a grandmother…
Washed in the Blood
I’d only vaguely heard of the Melungeons before reading Washed in the Blood. Lisa Alther has brought this mysterious Appalachian…
Death in Her Face
In post-WWII Hollywood, screenwriter Lauren Atwill and her private eye beau are hired to help with a potential PR nightmare…
Secrets and Lies
This story transports you into the very different worlds of London and Sydney, Australia, during the Depression era through the…
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