2020

The Tsar’s Locket

By Ken Czech - Published 2020

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In 1581 near London, Julian Blunt, a former sea captain, walks into a Catholic cemetery towards his wife’s grave. It was for her ...Read Review

The Voyage of the Morning Light (US) / The Difference (CAN)

By Marina Endicott - Published 2020

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In 1911, twelve-year-old Kay and her older half-sister, Thea, take a sea voyage from Nova Scotia to the South Pacific islands. The merchant ship, ...Read Review

Say Yes to the Duke: The Wildes of Lindow Castle

By Eloisa James - Published 2020

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Romance

1781. As stepdaughter to the Duke of Lindow, Violet Astley does not consider herself a ‘real’ Wilde, despite the fact that the rest of ...Read Review

The Art of Deception (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries 4)

By Leonard Goldberg - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

This is the fourth in Leonard Goldberg’s mystery series featuring Joanna Blalock Watson, the daughter of Sherlock Holmes; her husband, Dr. John ...Read Review

An Independent Heart

By Elizabeth Grant - Published 2020

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Romance

February 1814: A pawn in her brother’s bid to enter Parliament, Claire Lammond enters into an arranged marriage with Captain Justin Sumners, lately ...Read Review

Rip to the Rescue

By Miriam Halahmy - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

Set in 1940s London, this gripping novel about a 13-year-old holds the interest of adults and children alike. Jack serves as a bike ...Read Review

A Map of the Damage

By Sophia Tobin - Published 2020

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Tobin has created a scintillating novel of smoke and mirrors set in the glass-loaded Mirrormakers Club in London. Two narratives weave around each ...Read Review

The Degenerates

By J. Albert Mann - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

There is so much about this novel that shouldn’t work—multiple points of view, long episodes of the abuse of young women, ...Read Review

The Postman (Penguin Specials)

By Jesse Field (trans.) - By Yu Bi - Published 2020

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This is a small book but a large, impressive story, simply told and heartbreaking but concluding with hope. In Shanghai in 1936, when young ...Read Review

The Night Watchman

By Louise Erdrich - Published 2020

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In 1953, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 108, designed to terminate federal recognition of several Native American tribes. Facing the loss of his ...Read Review