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Homicide for the Holidays
Near Christmas 1938, Vivian Witchell discovers a long-missing key to her deceased father’s desk. She finds money and a seven-year-old…
A Promise of Ruin
Young Italian Teresa Casoria is one of hundreds of immigrants arriving daily in New York City early in the 20th…
The Hidden Thread
Anna Butterfield leaves her father’s Suffolk parsonage for the home of her uncle, a wealthy mercer in Spitalfields, the centre…
The Hidden Thread
This quiet novel centers on a gentle romance set against the backdrop of the silk industry in 1760s London. Inspired by the unknown early…
Girl in Disguise
Kate Warne was born in New York State in 1833. By the time she was 23, she was a widow…
Murder Between the Lines: A Kitty Weeks Mystery
This second volume in the Kitty Weeks mystery series sees part-time reporter Kitty interviewing students at an exclusive girl’s boarding…
The Empress of Bright Moon
Editors' choice
The Empress of Bright Moon, Weina Dai Randel’s second novel of Mei, the woman who became Empress Consort Wu, the…
Rawblood
This is a novel dominated by the figure of She – who She is and whether She really exists or…
Hanging Mary
In this novel we meet Mary Surratt, the only woman convicted and executed in connection with the Lincoln assassination. The…
The Moon in the Palace
Editors' choice
When Mei is twelve years old, her father dies suddenly, leaving his family unprotected. Their only hope is that Mei,…
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