Jinny Webber
The Courtesan’s Secret: A Venice Beauties Mystery
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Set in 17th-century Venice, this novel focuses on the beautiful courtesan Belladonna, born a converso named Raquel Mendoza. Although her wealth and status ...Read Review
Embroidery
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Something of a Nordic saga itself, Embroidery follows the adventures of Sigurlína Brandsdóttir, motherless daughter of Brandur Jónsson who works ...Read Review
The Law’s Delay
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A story of liaisons, love, and the law set in early 20th-century Lancashire, The Law’s Delay’s complicated characters and plot revolve ...Read Review
The Letter Tree
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Much of this Juliet and Romeo story, set in 1924 Buffalo, New York, takes place in the city zoo. Those scenes give the story ...Read Review
Death on the Rio Chiquito: A New Mexico Homefront Mystery
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By the river near the New Mexico village Pueblo of San Antonito, schoolteacher Emily Schwartz discovers a body. She recognizes Juan, the nineteen-year-old ...Read Review
Where Waters Meet
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This is Zhang Ling’s first novel in English, following her earlier successes written in Chinese and translated. Like her protagonist Yuan Feng, ...Read Review
The Boy in the Rain
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Set in England between 1901 and 1910, The Boy in the Rain portrays the illicit passion between two men. Robbie Stillman is seventeen when the ...Read Review
The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York
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Horowitz’s novel should appeal both to musical aficionados and those who know Gustav Mahler only from his music. We get a backstage ...Read Review
Dust Child
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Released in March 2023, Dust Child marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Americans pulling out of Viet Nam. Part of the novel is set ...Read Review
A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery)
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A clever play on Regency-style novels, this book is a murder mystery including, as the title suggests, gender disguise—in a complicated version. ...Read Review