Victorian
Once Upon a River
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In the dead of winter in 1887, the regulars at the Swan, a pub on the Thames, sit around telling their stories, when the ...Read Review
The Slum Reaper: Murder and Corruption in Victorian London (Esther & Jack Enright Mystery)
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The fourth in the series of seven Esther and Jack Enright mysteries finds familiar characters in the midst of nefarious plots in Victorian ...Read Review
Down to the Sea
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This intriguing historical novel opens in 1981, when Rona and Craig move into a large sandstone mansion, Wardie House, Newhaven, Edinburgh, which they are ...Read Review
Bone Talk
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In this wonderful and unusual novel, Candy Gourlay sets out to give a voice to the people of the Philippines, where she grew ...Read Review
Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit: A Felicity Carrol Mystery
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Felicity Carrol is brilliant, resourceful, and university-educated in a Victorian era when these were considered the prerogative of men. Ladies were expected to ...Read Review
The Parting Glass
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In the mucky streets of New York in 1837, fraternal twins Maire and Seanin O’Farren have carved out a tenacious but unsteady place ...Read Review
Governess Gone Rogue: Dear Lady Truelove
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James St. Clair, heir to the Marquess of Rolleston, is a widower with twin ten-year-old sons who are adept at driving off governesses. ...Read Review
Sarah’s Story: An emotional family saga that you won’t be able to put down (The Mill Valley Girls)
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This is a heart-warming story of a young girl, set in the Manchester area. Sarah meets Joe Bancroft when she is in her ...Read Review
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
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Grace Darling loves life on Longstone Island, in Northumberland, England, where she helps her father with lighthouse duties at night and collects specimens ...Read Review
The Corset (UK) / The Poison Thread (US)
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This Victorian gothic tale, about two very different women whose lives intertwine, narrates the story of seamstress, Ruth, imprisoned for horrific murders, and ...Read Review