Ann Northfield
Rome’s End (Lucius Sestius Mysteries)
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This novel is presented as the first Lucius Sestius mystery, so presumably there will be a sequel at some point. The time is 45 ...Read Review
The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden (A Laetitia Rodd Mystery)
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Laetitia Rodd is a private detective valued for her common sense, ability to view the dead without screaming, and her nose for a ...Read Review
The Dying Day
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Bombay around 1950. A famous scholar has gone missing leaving behind fiendish riddles and clues as to the whereabouts of himself and an extremely ...Read Review
The Negotiator: The Masterclass at Saint-Germain
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This slender novel, originally published in 1958 and newly translated, is not a run-of-the-mill plot, characters, and description type of book. It focuses on ...Read Review
A Question of Time (The Snake Eater Chronicles 1)
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In Berlin in 1979, the division between East and West is stark and uncompromising – different ideologies, ways of life, levels of comfort and affluence. ...Read Review
A Prince and a Spy
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1942. The King’s brother, Prince George, Duke of Kent, is killed in a mysterious air crash in the north of Scotland, but was ...Read Review
The Testimony of Alys Twist
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This is very much a novel which demonstrates the experience and perspective of history from below. Royalty, in this case Queen Mary the ...Read Review
The Night of the Flood
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Norfolk, 1952. The war is over, but its shadow is still very much in evidence. The nearby airbase and the mysterious American soldier, Jack, ...Read Review
Dangerous Freedom
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This isn’t a typical novel about slavery. It is a fictional portrayal of a real figure, Dido, the daughter of an African ...Read Review
The Foundling (UK) / The Lost Orphan (US)
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In 1748, Bessie Bright gives birth to an illegitimate daughter, Clara. Due to her poverty-stricken circumstances, she is forced to leave the newborn at ...Read Review