Editors' Choice

22 Britannia Road

By Amanda Hodgkinson - Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

In the aftermath of World War II, Polish native Silvana Nowak flees her homeland, devastated by war, on a ship destined for England. ...Read Review

The Sojourn

By Andrew Krivak - Published 2011

Genres:

LiteraryMilitary

The Sojourn is a beautiful sliver of a literary novel.  A story about fathers, brothers, and finding inner strength, it is set against ...Read Review

Witches on the Road Tonight

By Sheri Holman - Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

A writer and photographer, writing and shooting a travel guide for the WPA, drive the unmarked back roads of Appalachia in 1940. They clip ...Read Review

The Calligrapher’s Secret

By Anthea Bell (trans.) - By Rafik Schami - Published 2010Published 2011

Genres:

LiterarySaga

Noura is a woman who is educated by her scholarly father in mid-20th century Damascus, Syria.  However, that spirit of curiosity and ...Read Review

A Play of Piety

By Margaret Frazer - Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

I have been a fan of Margaret Frazer’s medieval mysteries about Dame Frevisse. This novel is the sixth of another series she ...Read Review

Amazir

By Tom Gamble - Published 2010

Genres:

RomanceSaga

Harry Summerfield and Jim Wilding first meet by accident in Gibraltar in 1938, neither realising that this chance encounter will shape their lives to ...Read Review

Panorama

By H.G. Adler - Published 2010

Genres:

Literary

Originally published in German in 1968, and now finally (and finely) translated into English, Panorama is Prague author H. G. Adler’s stunning “novel ...Read Review

The Detroit Electric Scheme

By D. E. Johnson - Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Disguised by its uninspiring cover and prosaic title as niche non-fiction, The Detroit Electric Scheme is in reality an action-packed historical mystery propelled ...Read Review

The Tudor Secret

By C.W. Gortner - Published 2011

Genres:

Thriller

During the last days of King Edward VI, in the year 1553, Squire Brendan Prescott finds himself immersed in the complicated lives of the ...Read Review

The Paris Wife

By Paula McLain - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

Post-World War I, life is grand, and a new breed of writers is just beginning to connect to the muse of creativity that ...Read Review