Doubleday
One Summer: America 1927
1927 was certainly an eventful year for the USA. Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight, and immediately became…
The Convictions of John Delahunt
On a December morning in 1841, a Dublin boy has his throat cut in an apparently motiveless killing. The trial…
The Shadow Queen
Set in 17th century France during the reign of the Sun King, The Shadow Queen chronicles the life of Claudette…
The Daring Ladies of Lowell
Typifying the experiences of Lowell’s mill girls in the 1830s, Alice Barrow leaves her restricted farm life in New Hampshire,…
Wake
Editors' choice
London, November 1920. World War 1 is over, leaving a nation grieving for lost loved ones, many of whom have…
The Winter People
Literary thriller, ghost story, disturbing tale of family bonds and dark deeds, historical novel – all of these apply to…
Diamond
1890s, England. Eight-year-old Ellen-Jane Potts’ family is very poor. It’s a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as her father…
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
Editors' choice
London, 1914. It is Alfie Summerfield’s fifth birthday, and news has just broken that fighting has started in France. World…
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
The Jazz Age. Bootleggers. Gangsters. Corruption. Crime. Tammany Hall. All these ingredients have been used in novels many times, but…
Wake
Wake is a potentially poignant and gripping novel that follows three families whose loved ones served in the Great War.…
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