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2020

The War of the Poor

By Eric Vuillard - Published 2020

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It is fair to say that in Germany, Thomas Müntzer is a hero of sorts. The 16th-century reformist has been the subject ...Read Review

The City on the Thames: The Creation of a World Capital: A History of London

By Simon Jenkins - Published 2020

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Nonfiction

“All histories have their roots in geography.” Simon Jenkins begins his history of London with this thought-provoking statement (and one of particular interest ...Read Review

Fortune Favors the Dead: A Novel (Pentecost and Parker)

By Stephen Spotswood - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

It’s the early 1940s in New York, and private investigator Lillian Pentecost and her assistant Willowjean (Will) Parker are hired to investigate ...Read Review

The Blind Light: A Novel

By Stuart Evers - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

The Blind Light is an ambitious and sprawling novel that, on the surface, explores the effects of living in the shadow of nuclear ...Read Review

The Forger and the Thief: A Historical Thriller

By Kirsten McKenzie - Published 2020

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Thriller

Five people in Florence, Italy, November, 1966. The Guest: Richard Carstone invited to the city to attend the wedding of his former sister-in-law, whom ...Read Review

A Christmas Carol Murder (A Dickens of a Crime)

By Heather Redmond - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

This is the third book in the A Dickens of a Crime mystery series. It is 1835, and a young Charles Dickens is working ...Read Review

A Resolution at Midnight (A Lady Dunbridge Mystery, 3)

By Shelley Noble - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

In this entertaining third Lady Dunbridge Mystery, Philomena Amesbury, the young, widowed countess of Dunbridge, is in New York City, residing at the ...Read Review

Love’s Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana)

By Misty M. Beller - Published 2020

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Inspirational Romance Western

Love’s Mountain Quest is the second book in the Hearts of Montana Series. It is 1867 in Settler’s Fort, Montana. Joanna Watson’...Read Review

Love Is a Rogue: Wallflowers Vs. Rogues

By Lenora Bell - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

Lady Beatrice Bentley is trying to work on her etymological dictionary, but finds herself distracted by the sounds of renovations to her brother’...Read Review

Snow

By John Banville - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Snow: cold, soft, brilliantly blinding. It muffles sound and casts a thick shroud over whatever lies beneath. The symbolism is apropos in Banville’...Read Review