Jazz Age
Magnolia City
Socialite Hetty Allen enjoys the formality and opulence of the Houston upper crust while still dabbling in more risqué activities…
Servants’ Hall: A Real-Life Upstairs, Downstairs Romance
Servants’ Hall brings domestic service in 1920s England to life through the memoirs of Margaret Powell (1907-1984), author-narrator, and ‘below…
The Peerless Four
In 1928 women competed in the Olympics for the first time, and Canada sent a track team to Amsterdam. In…
The Death of Lucy Kyte
Upson’s 5th addition to her excellent Josephine Tey series has a deeper, more descriptive tone than earlier books and an…
She’s Gone Santa Fe
She’s Gone Santa Fe is based on a true murder that drew in the 1920s anthropological world. Anthropology student Henrietta…
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
Set in a small Welsh town in 1924, Jones’ novel meanders through, as the title indicates, the thoughts and happenings…
Wake
Editors' choice
London, November 1920. World War 1 is over, leaving a nation grieving for lost loved ones, many of whom have…
The Whiskey Baron
When two men are callously shot dead in front of the Hillside Inn, Sheriff Furman Chambers has to decide if…
The Cult of Nostalgia
This debut novel is an eclectic multi-period mix of romance, comedy, travelogue and an invocation of Jazz Age literary Paris.…
Murder in the Afternoon: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
A mysterious woman wakes World War I widow and detective Kate Shackleton in the night. Mary Jane, Kate’s visitor, states…
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