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The Death of Kings
“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings.” (Shakespeare, Richard…
The Lake House
This family mystery, written in the very popular two-era format, begins in 1933 with the young Alice Edevane excited at…
Early Warning
Editors' choice
Jane Smiley’s sequel to Some Luck returns us to the Langdon clan, a sprawling, close-knit family, spread from coast to…
Lamentation
London, 1546. This sixth entry in the Matthew Shardlake series finds Matthew once again ensnared in Henry VIII’s court: a…
Hunting Season
On 1 January 1880, a stranger steps from the ferry onto the harbour in the small Sicilian town of Vigata.…
Some Luck
This historical novel follows various members of the Langdon family from 1920 until 1953. Readers first meet Walter and Rosanna…
The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel
It’s 1950s California, and P.I. Philip Marlowe sits staring at a silent telephone in a quiet room, empty of eager clients.…
The Wind Is Not a River
After his brother’s death in World War II and an argument with his wife, journalist John Easley heads north to…
The Promise
In Galveston, Texas, in 1899, a dying woman demands a promise of her friend and housekeeper, Nan Ogden: to look…
The Twelfth Department
This is the third in William Ryan’s Soviet detective series set in 1930s Moscow. Captain Korolev, hero of the Revolution…
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