Editors' Choice

The Anchoress

By Robin Cadwallader - Published 2015

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The medieval anchoress chose to be enclosed within a cell attached to the outer wall of a church. She willingly participated in the ...Read Review

A Study in Murder

By Robert Ryan - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

Reimagining the Holmes-Watson partnership in the early decades of the 20th century is made easy, and comes alive in this latest “Dr Watson” ...Read Review

Pirate Code

By Helen Hollick - Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureHistorical FantasyNautical

“In the sexiest pirate contest, Capt Jesamiah Acorne gives Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow a run for his money” so runs the quote ...Read Review

The Hammer of Witches

By Begoña Echeverria - Published 2014

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LiteraryThriller

The Hammer of Witches is the story of two very different but connected characters in a small Basque town during the witch hunt ...Read Review

Early Warning

By Jane Smiley - Published 2015

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Saga

Jane Smiley’s sequel to Some Luck returns us to the Langdon clan, a sprawling, close-knit family, spread from coast to coast and ...Read Review

The Man in the Canary Waistcoat

By Susan Grossey - Published 2014

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Mystery/Crime

Bound within an extremely attractive cover, this well-produced sequel to Susan Grossey’s outstanding debut novel Fatal Forgery once again features the very ...Read Review

The Hidden Man

By Robin Blake - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1742, a pawnbroker is found shot to death behind his locked office door. Lawyer/Coroner Titus Cragg believes it to be a suicide ...Read Review

Girl Runner

By Carrie Snyder - Published 2015

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Literary

Aganetha (Aggie) Smart is a fictional Canadian runner who wins the gold medal in the 800-metre race in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. Aggie’...Read Review

Murder at Cirey: A Victor Constant Investigation

By Cheryl Sawyer - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Murder at Cirey is a very accomplished novel which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It concerns Victor Constant, a young member of the French ...Read Review

Mist of Midnight

By Sandra Byrd - Published 2015

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InspirationalMystery/CrimeRomance

Rebecca Ravenshaw, daughter of missionary parents slain in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, returns to England to reclaim her family heritage after having spent ...Read Review