Jazz Age
The Five Acts of Diego Leon
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The Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century disrupted the quiet rural life of the Leon family; loss, disease, and poverty affected everyone ...Read Review
Catalina Kiss
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It’s summer 1928, and Gwen Ross starts her internship at the new bird park on Catalina Island. The first daughter to go to ...Read Review
Circles of Time
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This second volume in Rock’s engrossing trilogy (after The Passing Bells) about the titled Grevilles of Abingdon Pryory in Surrey sees them, ...Read Review
Hammett Unwritten
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
The one word that comes to mind when reading Owen Fitzstephen’s Hammett Unwritten (as discovered and edited by Gordon McAlpine) is “atmosphere.” ...Read Review
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
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An intimate portrait of a flamboyantly public marriage, Z imagines Zelda Fitzgerald’s voice in this exhilarating account of a life lived in ...Read Review
Unnatural Habits
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The always-indomitable and independently wealthy sleuth Phryne Fisher and her cast of sidekicks and supporters is back in this romp through the seamy ...Read Review
Jackson Hole Journey
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Lovely young Francesca di Paioli has come a long way from New York to Wyoming to work as a chef at a Jackson ...Read Review
A Friendly Game of Murder: An Algonquin Round Table Mystery
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Wisecracking Dorothy Parker is at it again, solving a mystery with her famous round table friends during the Roaring Twenties. This time, everyone ...Read Review
Ashton Park
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From 1916 to 1923, the Danforth family of Ashton Park, a stately manor in Lancashire, confronts war and class prejudices. The youngest daughter loves the ...Read Review
A Spear of Summer Grass
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Delilah Drummond is scandalous, even by 1920s standards. Her latest problem—the suicide of her ex-husband—is too much for her family to ...Read Review