Editors' Choice

The Lie

By Helen Dunmore - Published 2014Published WSP15

Genres:

Literary

Cornwall 1920. Daniel Branwell has survived the Great War as an infantryman; with his mother, his only relation, having died whilst he was serving ...Read Review

A Just and Upright Man

By R J Lynch - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeRomance

As overseer to Lord Ravenshead, James Blakiston is a busy man, but not too busy to take the time to solve the mystery ...Read Review

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

By Susan Jane Gilman - Published 2014

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Lillian Dunkle, celebrated matriarch of the ice cream business, recounts her life from penniless immigrant to food tycoon. Because it is written as ...Read Review

The Sentinels of Andersonville

By Tracy Groot - Published 2014

Genres:

Inspirational

Andersonville Prison was a death camp masquerading as a prison for captured Union soldiers during the Civil War, but did the Confederates want ...Read Review

Honors Rendered

By Robert N. Macomber - Published 2013

Genres:

Nautical

In 1889, Lt. Commander Peter Wake is ordered to the Pacific island of Samoa. Trouble is brewing between the German presence in the Pacific ...Read Review

Belle Cora

By Phillip Margulies - Published 2014

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Having just survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the elderly and respectable Mrs Andersen decides it’s time to reveal her secret ...Read Review

Somerset

By Leila Meacham - Published 2013

Genres:

Saga

Encompassing seventy years and four generations, this much-anticipated prequel to Roses surpasses all expectations with its exquisitely detailed and character-driven narrative. Silas Toliver, ...Read Review

Lion and Leopard

By Nathaniel Popkin - Published 2013

Genres:

Literary

Multiple narrators combine to paint a picture of the Philadelphia art world around 1820, beginning with some young men who come to the city ...Read Review

The Swan Gondola

By Timothy Schaffert - Published 2014

Genres:

Literary

The World’s Fair of 1898 was the biggest thing to ever hit the Western town of Omaha. The Fair was held in conjunction ...Read Review

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

By Fannie Flagg - Published 2013Published 2014

Genres:

Saga

Beloved author Fannie Flagg has written another delightful saga spanning decades and focusing on the Southern theme of family. Mrs. Sarah “Sookie” Poole, ...Read Review

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