Elicia Parkinson
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
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In June of 1584, Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey learns of the death of her stepfather, Sir Walter Pendennis, and returns to Cornwall to see to ...Read Review
A Single Spy
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It is 1936 in Soviet Azerbaijan when we meet Alexsi, a 16-year-old orphan who has managed to survive on his own because he can ...Read Review
Hadriana in All My Dreams
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The Haitian Carnival takes place over the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras. René Depestre’s novel, originally published in 1988 and translated into ...Read Review
The Midnight Cool
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In the summer of 1916, Irish immigrant, Billy, and young Charles, the son of a prostitute, are grifters who have made their way into ...Read Review
Who Is to Blame: A Russian Riddle
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Jane Marlow’s debut novel begins with the doomed relationship between two young serfs, Elizaveta and Feodor, in Russia in 1840. Their families prevent ...Read Review
Been in the Storm So Long
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John Healy, the hero of Terry Jordan’s latest novel, was born in 1853 in Sligo, Ireland. In an effort to give his family ...Read Review
Mariana’s Knight: The Revenge of Henry Fountain
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In the first days of February 1896, well-known litigator Albert Fountain and his eight-year-old son, Henry, disappeared. They had traveled from their home along ...Read Review
The Eastern Shore
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This slow-moving story features Ned Ayres, a man who has grown up to become a newspaper editor, a profession his father does not ...Read Review
The Last Gods of Indochine
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In the 19th century, French explorer and naturalist Henri Mohout brought attention to the Western world of Angkor Wat, the temple ruins in ...Read Review
The Mauricewood Devils
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In 1889, a coal pit fire broke out in the Mauricewood Colliery in Scotland. As the fire spread, over 60 of the 70 men in the ...Read Review
