Harper
Only Killers and Thieves
Two Australian teenagers, Billy and Tommy McBride, return to their parents’ cattle ranch one afternoon in 1885 to find their…
The Magnificent Esme Wells
In her novel told in alternating parts set in Los Angeles (1939-41) and Las Vegas (1945-53), Sharp portrays the dark…
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Holocaust will surely be an endless source of inspiration for creative artists of all disciplines. We take for granted…
The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
As Yetemegn lay dying, she was anxious to leave and yet worried that she had not fasted and prayed enough.…
To Die But Once
Although WW2 has broken out, in London it is the lull before the storm when everyone is prepared for attack…
Another Side of Paradise
Editors' choice
The four-year romance between the married F. Scott Fitzgerald and divorced Hollywood gossip columnist Sheilah Graham has been chronicled in…
The Home for Unwanted Girls
It’s post-WWII, and in Québec there are two opposing factions: French Canadians and British Canadians. Rarely do the communities mix;…
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Editors' choice
Too many times I have read a book, very often by a first-time published writer, that has been stratospherically praised…
Rebellion
In 1999, 84-year-old Hazel must leave her rural Illinois farm to reside in a nursing home. After her children and…
Peculiar Ground
Set in both the 1660s and the 1960s, this debut novel explores the workings of a fictional English manor house…
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