Kathryn Johnson
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
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Inspired by a 19th-century naval mystery, Valerie Martin has structured an intricate, suspenseful novel about a famous “ghost” ship. The Mary Celeste set ...Read Review
The Outlaw Knight
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Early in the novel, young Fulke FitzWarin, while serving as a squire in the court of Henry II, earns the displeasure of Prince ...Read Review
The Hidden
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The Hidden is an aggressive debut novel that dares to take on a complex plot set in two time periods, 1919 and 1940, which features ...Read Review
Fin and Lady
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In 1964, eleven-year-old Fin, called Finino by his estranged (and some say “strange”) half-sister Lady, loses his second parent. With no one left to ...Read Review
Swimming in the Moon
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It is 1904, and 14-year-old Lucia lives with her mother, Therese, a servant in a Neapolitan grand home. There Therese, marginally unstable emotionally, earns ...Read Review
The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star
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This popular cozy mystery series, set in Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s, focuses on a feisty women’s club (The Darling Dahlias) and ...Read Review
Death of a Robber Baron
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Set during New York City’s Gilded Age (the late 19th century), this mystery initially transports us to a time of luxury and ...Read Review
Scent of Butterflies
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One need not dive far back into history to begin the story of Soraya, heroine of Scent of Butterflies. It is 1999 in Iran ...Read Review
The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
Although nonfiction and written for children, this book can easily be appreciated by adult readers. Written in the style of an illustrated medical ...Read Review
How to Catch a Bogle
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In Victorian London, children who aren’t born into “respectable” families – that is, wealthy ones – are pretty much on their own. Other than ...Read Review