Diane Scott Lewis
The Ripper’s Shadow
Sarah Bain, taught by her now-missing activist father, is a photographer in Whitechapel, London, in 1888. Struggling in her profession,…
House of Silence
Isabelle Larkin has her future planned out in 1875 Illinois. She’s to marry the dashing Gregory and embark on a…
The Light of Paris
Madeleine endures her cold marriage to Phillip because she was expected to wed by her overly-critical mother. It’s 1999 in…
The Wages of Desire
In the Hampshire village of Winstead in 1942, a young woman is found shot to death in a cemetery. Inspector…
A Useful Woman
In 1817 London, Rosalind Thorne tries to live down the shame of her father’s disappearance after he accrued numerous debts.…
A Most Extraordinary Pursuit
At the death of the Duke of Olympia in 1906 England, his personal secretary, the steadfast Miss Emmeline Truelove, is…
The House Between Tides
Hetty, running from an uncomfortable relationship, travels to a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. It’s 2010, and she’s purchased…
The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House
Editors' choice
Rosie Churchill, aged eighteen in 1965, has run away from home, hiding an ugly secret from her mother. She secures…
Death Sits Down to Dinner
On the eve of WWI, Lady Clementine Montfort is invited to a dinner birthday party for the First Lord of…
A Man of Genius
In 1816 London, Ann St. Clair supports herself by writing gothic horror novels. Her cold, cruel mother had rejected her…
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