Editors' Choice

Rebels and Traitors

By Lindsey Davis - Published 2009

Genres:

Epic

Like many an adolescent, Gideon Jukes is a young man rebelling against family constrictions and looking for his own path in life. He ...Read Review

The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet

By Arturo Pérez-Reverte - By Margaret Jull Costa (trans.) - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

In this fifth book in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, the captain and his page, soldier in training Íñigo Balboa, experience a respite ...Read Review

The Ninth Daughter

By Barbara Hamilton - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover some unknown woman’...Read Review

Secret Lament

By Roz Southey - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeTime-slip

An exciting page-turner set in Newcastle in the 18th century. This is the third book by Roz Southey with Charles Patterson as the ...Read Review

Paths of Exile

By Carla Nayland - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Paths of Exile is a wonderful story, one that conjures up this long-gone age in extraordinary detail and reveals a profound understanding of ...Read Review

Death on the Ice

By Robert Ryan - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

As every British schoolchild used to know, Captain Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition to win the South Pole for King and Empire ...Read Review

Tutankhamun

By Nick Drake - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Thebes, 1324 BC. Tutankhamun has inherited an empire that should be at the height of power and glory. The King, only just 18 years old, ...Read Review

All Other Nights

By Dara Horn - Published 2009

Genres:

MilitaryMystery/Crime

The title to this brilliant and thought-provoking novel comes from a question asked to the youngest participant at a Passover seder: Why is ...Read Review

Shanghai Girls

By Lisa See - Published 2009

Genres:

LiterarySaga

Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional Chinese parents, they ...Read Review

A Gentleman of Fortune

By Anna Dean - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the second novel featuring amateur detective Miss Dido Kent and is set during the Regency period. This was a new author ...Read Review

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