2007
Sand Daughter
This is the first U.S. release of Sand Daughter, originally published in 2007 in the U.K. It is a sweeping…
The Lute Player
I first read this recently reissued novel over twenty years ago. A sweeping saga about Richard the Lionhearted and the…
House of Shadows: A Historical Mystery by the Medieval Murderers
This compendium of short stories by five well-known and talented authors of medieval mysteries, each a star in his or…
When I Cross No-Bob
Being an O’Donnell isn’t easy, but being an O’Donnell abandoned first by your Pappy and then by your Momma is…
Mrs. Lincoln
Born in 1819 and brought up in Kentucky in a slave-owning family, Mary Lincoln visited a black one-legged ‘conjure woman’…
The Rose of Sebastopol
In The Rose of Sebastopol the horrors of the Crimean War are described by a most unlikely narrator—Mariella Lingwood, a…
Cat O’Nine Tails
1791. In this fourth Cat Royal adventure, Cat, dressed as a boy, is kidnapped and taken on board HMS Courageous…
The Tomb of Zeus
The Tomb of Zeus introduces Laetitia Talbot, an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure. The story opens in Crete…
Dearest
In 1872, Anne, a small-town milliner, meets a wealthy engineer from Pittsburgh while on an Ohioan riverboat. After sharing a…
Cryers Hill
The story alternates between the 1930/40s and the late 1960s in the eponymous English small town. It is difficult to…
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