Kathryn Johnson
Queen Victoria: A Life of Contradictions
Although mountains of paper have been consumed in writing about Queen Victoria—biographies, family histories, and even novels in which she’s…
The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocketwatch Conspiracy
Take a gifted comedy writer who has a taste for history and ask him to write a novel of his…
The Counterfeit Lady: A Victorian Bookshop Mystery
The fraudulent lady of the title of Kate Parker’s latest novel is heroine Georgia Fenchurch – for Georgia isn’t a…
The Bellingrath Bloodbath
The new Colin Pendragon mystery again draws the sleuth, with his sidekick Ethan, into dark and dangerous affairs. It seems…
The Counterfeit Heiress
The latest addition to the Lady Emily mystery series opens with Emily and her devoted husband Colin in 1897 London,…
Desert God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Wilbur Smith’s latest historical novel set in ancient Egypt features the tale of Taita, a complex character and former slave…
An Italian Wife
Ann Hood’s latest novel is a series of vignettes focusing on more than the title character. The book visits the…
The Goddess of Small Victories
On the death of her husband, the aged Adele Gödel recalls details of her life with the brilliant but disturbed…
Spirits Revived
This latest book in the long-running Daisy Gumm Majesty series of cozy mysteries opens a year after the death of…
Chateau of Secrets
Dobson’s latest historical novel for Christian imprint Howard Books features an appealing dual timeframe. In 1940 Normandy, young noblewoman Gisele…
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