2013
Ten Mile Valley
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During the late 1800s, the Kelton family decides to sell its property and move to eastern Oregon. Eighteen-year-old Mark Kelton survives an attack ...Read Review
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
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Surely the whole world knows by now that this novel is an Oprah pick. I have never used television to choose my novels, ...Read Review
Back to Blackbrick
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This beautifully-written time-slip novel explores memory loss, grief and family relationships. It’s narrated in a lively 21st-century voice by Cosmo, who lives ...Read Review
Temple of a Thousand Faces
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In 1177 in Angkor, Khmer (now Cambodia), Prince Jayavar and his chief wife, Ajadevi, stand on a causeway gazing at the colossal multiterraced sandstone ...Read Review
The Purchase
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In the winter of 1798, Daniel Dickinson and his young family are cast out by the elders of their tightknit Quaker community in Pennsylvania ...Read Review
The Missing Italian Girl
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Although the book is billed as third in the Bernard Martin mystery series, the lead character is Bernard’s wife, Clarie. In late 19...Read Review
Wise Men
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Writing fiction set in the near-history of the mid-20th century is a sticky task. Characters may seem too familiar or mundane to ...Read Review
Victoria Rebels
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Princess Victoria will be Queen of England sometime in the future. Everything about her life is under constant examination and comment from those ...Read Review
The Straw Men
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Set in 1381, Doherty’s twelfth in his Brother Athelstan series pits the insightful Dominican and Cranston, Lord Coroner, against both John of Gaunt’...Read Review
Seven Locks
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In 1769, after an argument with his wife, an angry farmer stalks off into the Catskill Mountains with his dog, Wolf, to go hunting. ...Read Review