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The Life of Rebecca Jones
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This slim volume was originally published in Welsh to great acclaim. Rebecca Jones looks back in old age to her long life on ...Read Review
The Bedlam Detective
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It’s not often I read a book in one sitting; with this novel, I didn’t leave my chair for so much ...Read Review
History of a Pleasure Seeker
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Amsterdam, 1907. The protagonist of Mason’s silky bildungsroman (after Natural Elements, 2010), is determined to rise in the world. Handsome young Piet Baron plans ...Read Review
Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly and Other New Adventures of the Great Detective
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Sherlock Holmes is up to his pipe stem in the title mystery and three bonus adventures thanks to this recently unearthed Dr. Watson ...Read Review
The Dressmaker
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A light romance released for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Kate Alcott’s tale of plucky Tess Collins follows ...Read Review
Love on the Line
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Loaded with intrigue, historical context, and birds, this is a well-written story of telephone switchboard operator Georgie Gail and Texas Ranger Lucious Landrum ...Read Review
Cherry Tree Lane
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Mattie Willitt hates the idea of marriage to her father’s friend Stan, especially when money will change hands between the two men ...Read Review
Elm Tree Road
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Anna Jacobs has a long track record. Some fifty novels, according to the dust jacket of this one, all presumably ticking the same ...Read Review
Pirate King
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Mary Russell, American-born wife to Sherlock Holmes, signs on as assistant to the film crew in the heyday of silent movies. The script ...Read Review
Herald of Death
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Someone is murdering the villagers of Badger’s End. The killer has taken a lock of hair from each victim and left a ...Read Review