Phyllis T. Smith
The Silence (Viennese Mysteries)
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In this excellent mystery set in Vienna in 1900, Werthen, a lawyer, is hired by a wealthy family to find a son who has ...Read Review
The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part One: The Witnessess
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Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831. This book tells his story through the eyes of others, including Harriet Beecher Stowe – ...Read Review
Cleopatra Confesses
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Born in the 1st century B.C., Cleopatra was the favorite of her father, the pharaoh of Egypt, who bypassed his older daughters ...Read Review
King of Ithaka
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
This is a retelling of the homecoming of Odysseus in the Odyssey, recounted from the first-person viewpoint of his sixteen-year-old son, Telemachos. The ...Read Review
The Dry Grass of August
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In 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts takes a car trip from Charlotte, North Carolina, to vacation in Florida. She is accompanied by her family, including ...Read Review
The Land of Painted Caves
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Having read the previous five books of this series, I looked forward to this sixth volume, expected to be the final one and ...Read Review
Ruso and the River of Darkness
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The fourth novel in a series of historical mysteries set in the second century A.D., Caveat Emptor takes place in Roman Britain. ...Read Review
Lady Lazarus
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On the eve of World War II, in Budapest, Magda, the last in a line of Jewish witches, is managing to survive in ...Read Review
A Play of Piety
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I have been a fan of Margaret Frazer’s medieval mysteries about Dame Frevisse. This novel is the sixth of another series she ...Read Review
Tiberius Julius Alexander
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Tiberius Julius Alexander was a real historical figure, born a Jew in the city of Alexandria in the first century AD. In this ...Read Review
