Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Mountain of Gold
Young British naval captain Matthew Quinton is on his third mission, hunting down Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean when his…
Kaltenburg
There are some people who dominate the lives of others. Ludwig Kaltenburg is such a person. His tale is narrated…
The Thing About Thugs
Sometimes it takes too long for a truly unique and memorable novel to travel from one side of the world…
Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life
This nonfiction account of the life and death of Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams begins with her birth in Boston in…
The House at Sea’s End
The ever-encroaching sea on the coast of Norfolk, England uncovers six skeletons, bound, shot, and hidden in a deep cove.…
Blue Asylum
Iris Dunleavy is a bright, independent woman whose husband decides she is not a proper, respectful wife. This means always…
Cain
This is the English edition of the last novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, who died in 2010. So…
The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton
Editors' choice
Set in post-World War I England, The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton is an unconventional but compelling mystery. As with…
Trieste
Haya Tedeschi is old now. In July 2006, she sits waiting to be reunited with her son, whom she has…
The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.
When 17-year-old Eugénie leaves her humble home in France’s foie gras country to follow her wealthy lover to Paris, she…
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