2008

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose

By Lauren Willig - Published 2008

Genres:

RomanceThriller

Fourth in Willig’s mystery series featuring the exploits of English spies in the Napoleonic era, The Seduction of the Crimson Rose is ...Read Review

The Commoner

By John Burnham Schwartz - Published 2008

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

In 1959, lovely young Haruko becomes the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family when she weds the young crown prince. This ...Read Review

Resistance

By Owen Sheers - Published 2007Published 2008

Genres:

Alternate HistoryLiterary

What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the English Channel, marching ...Read Review

The Queen’s Gambit: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery

By Diane A.S. Stuckart - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Art is but one skill under scrutiny at Castle Sforza, Milan, in 1483. The Duke commands his court artist and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci, ...Read Review

Song Yet Sung

By James McBride - Published 2008

Genres:

LiteraryMystery/CrimeRomance

Written by the author of the bestselling memoir The Color of Water, this novel is set in the 1850s. Liz, a runaway slave, ...Read Review

Life Class

By Pat Barker - Published 2007Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureRomance

In early 1914, Paul Tarrant and Elinor Brooke are students at the Slade School of Art’s life-drawing class run by the formidable Professor ...Read Review

The Betrayal Game

By David L. Robbins - Published 2008

Genres:

Thriller

Robbins’s Professor Mikhal Lammeck travels to Cuba in 1961 at the opening of this novel by the author of The Assassins’ Gallery. Letting ...Read Review