Editors' Choice

Ginny Gall

By Charlie Smith - Published 2016

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Literary

Delvin, Ginny Gall’s African-American protagonist, is born in 1913 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His mother, a “good-time gal,” has to disappear fast when she’...Read Review

Insurrectio

By Alison Morton - Published 2016

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Alternate HistoryThriller

Ms Morton returns to the world of Roma Nova in her series about an alternate history of Europe, where the Roman Empire survives ...Read Review

License to Quill

By Jacopo Della Quercia - Published 2016

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Adventure

1604: In this historical romp, William Shakespeare is not only a playwright but part of the Ordinance Office – a double O agent – which is ...Read Review

And After the Fire

By Lauren Belfer - Published 2016

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Spanning centuries, this latest novel from Belfer (A Fierce Radiance, City of Light) is her most compelling yet. It is grounded in the ...Read Review

The French Lesson

By Hallie Rubenhold - Published 2016

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1792. Henrietta Lightfoot, the 19-year-old daughter of an earl, has left behind her country and respectability to live as the paramour of George William ...Read Review

The High Mountains of Portugal

By Yann Martel - Published 2016

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Literary

A mythical white rhinoceros, an autopsy that reveals the cause of life, a chimpanzee that pores over family albums… what a tale Yann ...Read Review

A Fever of the Blood

By Oscar de Muriel - Published 2016

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Mystery/Crime

Frey and McGray return for a second outing in de Muriel’s new novel. The story opens in January 1889 with a brutal killing ...Read Review

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

By Dominic Smith - Published 2016

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This is a beautifully written, gripping historical novel centered on the forgery of a Dutch Golden Age painting and two women: the one ...Read Review

Glory over Everything

By Kathleen Grissom - Published 2016

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Jamie Pyke is a successful merchant in Philadelphia in 1830. Unbeknownst to members of local society, Jamie was born on a Southern plantation, the ...Read Review

The Edge of Dark

By Pamela Hartshorne - Published 2015

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Time-slip

This timeslip begins with the story of 21st-century events coordinator Roz Acclam, whose new job in York, England, brings her full circle to ...Read Review