2020
The Liar’s Dictionary
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Split between the 19th century and present day, this is a delightfully exuberant, playful novel that is difficult to categorise or briefly summarise. ...Read Review
Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Ghosts have been categorized into three types: Unawares, who are unaware of being a ghost and do not bother humans; Friendlies, who interact ...Read Review
Mountain Laurel (Kindred Series)
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It is 1793, and Ian Cameron has returned to Mountain Laurel, his uncle’s plantation in North Carolina, where he spent time as a ...Read Review
The Canning Town Murder (Blitz Detective)
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Detective Inspector John Jago is back (the second in the series) in another wartime murder investigation in London’s East End. The body ...Read Review
Promises to the Dead (Hanley & Rivka Mysteries)
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Chicago detective Frank Hanley is investigating the death of railway clerk Lawrence O’Shea, who disappeared shortly after receiving a letter from his ...Read Review
The Kissing Fence: A Novel
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Following persecution in Russia for their religious beliefs, Doukhobors were granted land in Canada by Queen Victoria. Eventually many traveled west to British ...Read Review
The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew
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A historical woman with the delightful name of Temperance Flowerdew played a crucial role in the early colony of Jamestown, Virginia. She married ...Read Review
Nothing Short of Wondrous (American Wonders Collection)
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In 1886, the U.S. Cavalry helps to protect the visitors and wildlife of America’s first National Park: Yellowstone. Cavalry Lieutenant William Prescott ...Read Review
The Crollalanzas
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In Renaissance Venice, the Crollalanzas, a mother and her three daughters, are herbalists and midwives. Viola, the eldest twin, paints portraits on commission. ...Read Review
The Children’s Block
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September 1943 brings another trainload of prisoners from the Czech ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of the Jews are gassed immediately; others are placed in ...Read Review
