Martha Hoffman
Song of the Samurai
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In 1745 Japan, Kinko Kurosawa, a Zen Buddhist priest, is banished from his monastery for an impropriety and sets out for a distant monastery ...Read Review
Tremors through Time
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Lachlann An Damh, a farmer in 14th-century Scotland, has just lost his family to the plague when an earthquake sends him scrambling. Deidre ...Read Review
The Lady of Zamalek
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In 1920s Cairo, ambitious young Abbas rises to power in the shadowy underworlds of prostitution and construction. After getting involved in the murder ...Read Review
The Books of Jacob
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In mid-18th century Poland, a messianic figure emerges in a small Jewish community. It says something about this book that this character ...Read Review
Murder at Beaulieu Abbey (An Abbess of Meaux mystery, 11)
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In late 14th-century England, Cistercian nun Hildegard of Meaux is sent by her superior to the Abbey of Beaulieu to observe where the ...Read Review
Of Sword and Shadow
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In 1397, in the Greek city of Thebes, a nameless slave is employed by her master in a variety of schemes ranging from stealing ...Read Review
The London Restoration
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Diana Foyle and Brent Somerville have been married four years but have never really lived together. They said their vows during World War ...Read Review
A Life Once Dreamed
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Agnes Pratt has gotten used to her work as a teacher in 1880s Dakota Territory. She fled a pampered life – and her childhood ...Read Review
A Witch in Time
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In 21st-century Washington DC, Helen Lambert is going through a divorce when she meets Luke Varner, a mysterious stranger who seems to know ...Read Review
Love Without End: A Story of Heloise and Abelard
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In 12th-century Paris, a learned young woman named Heloise is tutored by the famed philosopher Abelard. The teacher and student soon become lovers, ...Read Review
