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The Bookworm
For the novelist, history is full of “what if?” What if Anne Boleyn had a son who lived? What if…
The Silent Companions
Ghost stories are having a revival at present, and Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions, set in the 19th century, is a worthy newcomer to…
The Last Hours
June 1348: When Lady Anne of Develish loses her husband to the Black Death, she takes charge of his demesne…
The Wicked Cometh
This is a beautiful book, inside and out. For once you can judge a book by its cover, in this…
The Honest Spy
Fritz Kolbe, the honest spy, is not a fictional character. He was a high-level official in the German Foreign Office…
The Devouring
1944: American Billy Boyle and his Polish friend Kaz are sent to Switzerland to work with the Office of Strategic…
Monster: The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim
Monster, second in Shane Peacock’s The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim trilogy set in Victorian times, brings us to a…
Black Robe
The black robe of the title is a Jesuit missionary, Father Laforgue, who arrives in 17th– century French Canada hoping…
Death at Nuremberg
“Diplomatic” is not the best word to describe Captain James Cronley, Jr., leader of a team of agents for the…
Back Up
Editors' choice
One by one, in one short week in March 1967, the four members of a British rock band based in…
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