Ken Kreckel
Mr. Chartwell
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Esther Hammerhans, a young librarian with the House of Commons, is disturbed when she finds a prospective new lodger at…
Field Gray
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This latest installment in the Bernie Gunther series finds the former Berlin detective doing well in 1950s Cuba, that is,…
The Second Son
In this final installment of the author’s Berlin trilogy, Chief Inspector Nikolai Hoffner, a Jew, is at last removed from…
The Blindness of the Heart
The story opens with a woman and a child caught in the nightmare of Germany’s defeat. After enduring devastating bombings,…
The Hat
The murder of a bootlegger occurs in the first few pages of the book. Then, in a flashback, we meet…
Churchill’s Secret Agent
This “novel based on the true story” recounts the exploits of Max Ciampoli, who spent much of the war as…
A Stranger in Mayfair
Changes are intruding fast and furious into Charles Lenox’s formerly well-ordered life. First there is his marriage to Lady Jane…
Bitter Eden
This work is based on the author’s experience of being captured in the North African campaign and landing in an…
Bliss, Remembered
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This novel begins with Sydney Stringfellow, a young American swimming hopeful at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, meeting her soul mate,…
The End of Baseball
In 1944, future baseball promoter and hall-of-famer Bill Veeck recovers from the loss of his leg at Guadalcanal by gaining…
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