Walker

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

By Kate Summerscale - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

In 1860 in England, a middle-class family’s three-year-old son disappears. After a brief search, he is found dead in an outdoor privy with ...Read Review

The Penalty

By Mal Peet - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

A young soccer star from the poorest community of Puerto Rico goes mysteriously missing after performing uncharacteristically badly in an important game. There ...Read Review

Archie’s War

By Marcia Williams - Published 2007

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

When World War I broke out in 1914, Archie Albright was ten years old. He had just started his own, private scrapbook. As much ...Read Review

Tamar

By Mal Peet - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1944, two Dutch SOE agents return to occupied Holland on a mission to help the resistance. They are soon immersed in the daily ...Read Review

Forged in the Fire

By Ann Turner - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This captivating story is the sequel to No Shame, No Fear. It works as a stand-alone book relating the story of William and ...Read Review

Angelmonster

By Veronica Bennett - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

  Veronica Bennett’s vivid portrayal of Mary Shelley in Angelmonster guides readers through the inspiration that led to her masterpiece novel, Frankenstein. ...Read Review

Green Jasper

By K.M. Grant - Published 2005Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

(1) 1193. The Third Crusade is over, but King Richard I is missing. Is he dead? Captured? No one knows. But plenty of unscrupulous men ...Read Review

Silence is Golden

By Jeanne M. Dams - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Although only a maid in a wealthy mansion, Hilda Johansson has a strong sense of justice (and injustice) in the world. The year ...Read Review

Domino

By Ross King - Published 2002

Genres:

Literary

In his novel of masquerades and the blurring of gender characteristics, Ross King does an admirable job of recreating the idiom and the ...Read Review

Green Grow The Victims

By Jeanne M. Dams - Published 2001

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Third in the Hilda Johansson mystery series set in South Bend, Indiana in 1902, this story unfolds within the context of a county fair, ...Read Review