Editors' Choice

The Eleventh Man

By Ivan Doig - Published 2008

Genres:

Military

In 1941, the Montana State College starting eleven all entered into military service. Each lost his life in that great effort. This is the ...Read Review

The Unicorn Road

By Martin Davies - Published 2009

Genres:

Literary

On the coast of medieval Sicily an expedition, led by the scholar Antioch, sets sail for the East to seek out the wondrous ...Read Review

Where Serpents Sleep

By C.S. Harris - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in a grim version of Regency London, this fourth outing for Sebastian St. Cyr has him teamed up, almost against his will, ...Read Review

Restitution

By Eliza Graham - Published 2008

Genres:

Literary

In January 2006 Alix is tracked down by her birth son, Michael. He asks the question she has long dreaded: ‘who is my father?’ ...Read Review

The Black Tower

By Louis Bayard - Published 2008

Genres:

LiteraryMystery/Crime

In 1818, a street beggar follows Hector Carpentier to his home in the Latin Quarter, only to transform himself into Vidocq, Paris’s master ...Read Review

Broken Wing

By Judith James - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

When I think of what constitutes a superior historical romance, I think of real characters connecting on many levels with a believable setting ...Read Review

Little Hut of Leaping Fishes

By Chiew-Siah Tei - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

This is the story of Minghzi, the first grandson of Master Chai, a feudal landlord and opium farmer who is determined that Minghzi ...Read Review

The Outlander

By Gil Adamson - Published 2008

Genres:

EpicMystery/Crime

This captivating story opens with a 19-year-old widow running for her life through the woods of western Canada, sometime in the early 20th ...Read Review

Veil of Lies

By Jeri Westerson - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Poor Crispin Guest! In Jeri Westerson’s debut novel, set in 14th-century London and described as “a medieval noir,” Crispin is slapped, backhanded, ...Read Review

The Journey

By H. G. Adler (trans. Peter Filkins) - Published 2008

Genres:

LiterarySaga

In the introduction of The Journey the translator writes, “Neither Germany nor the world was ready for novels about the Holocaust in the 1950...Read Review

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