Ann Chamberlin
The Ring of Flames
Al-Andalus/Córdoba between the years of 1008 and the fall of the city to Sulayman ibn al-Hakim in 1013 AD (no…
Kingdom of the Wicked Book One: Rules
Helen Dale’s first novel, The Hand that Signed the Paper, won Australia’s Miles Franklin Award; she was the youngest recipient…
A Hangman for Ghosts
New South Wales, 1829. Gabriel Carver is the convict who stepped forward to serve as hangman. He does his best…
The Wreckage of Eden
Robert Winter presides over the wreckage of the Eden given to white European settlers as Manifest Destiny in the first…
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
This is the latest installment in the very popular history mystery series starring adolescent sleuth, pre-teen and chemistry whiz Flavia…
Back Up
Editors' choice
One by one, in one short week in March 1967, the four members of a British rock band based in…
The Designer
Shortly after the liberation of Paris in 1944, while war still rages, Copper Reilly arrives in Paris with her husband…
Stone Circle
In 16th-century Pesaro on the Adriatic coast, Antonius, a young man of common background, is born with an ability to…
The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London
As the subtitle suggests, this is the saga of the executions of dissidents from the birth of the future Mary…
Alabaster
Alabaster is the retelling of the biblical story of Mariam (Mary), sister to Marta (Martha) and Eleazar (Lazarus). She is…
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