2008
All for Love
Elyot has written three fictional memoirs about women whose passions ruled their lives. Like Helen of Troy (The Memoirs of…
Mistress of the Revolution
Editors' choice
Though Gabrielle de Montserrat was born into the minor aristocracy of France’s Auvergne region and convent-educated, she is less concerned…
Folly du Jour
Paris, 21 May 1927. Commander Joe Sandilands DSO of Scotland Yard lands at Le Bourget airport seconds before Charles Lindbergh…
The Serpent’s Tale
Adelia Aguilar is still in England after her detecting adventures as chronicled in Mistress of the Art of Death. King…
Out of the Storm: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther
It is a testament to the enduring legacy of Martin Luther than biographies of this 500-year-old figure continue to…
Sway
As I stood on the outside and watched the careers of musical groups like The Beatles and The Stones, I…
Vienna Blood
Editors' choice
In this, the second installment of the Liebermann Papers, Tallis, a practicing clinical psychologist, beautifully evokes the upheaval in the…
The Betrayal Game
Robbins’s Professor Mikhal Lammeck travels to Cuba in 1961 at the opening of this novel by the author of The…
Touchstone
Laurie R. King gave us the brilliant recreation of Sherlock Holmes with more depth than Conan Doyle ever mustered in…
Seduced by a Spy
It’s 1812, and England is at war with Napoleon. Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Select Young Ladies, disguised as a finishing…
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