Rebecca Kightlinger
The Postmistress of Paris
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“That was something she’d learned early: when to draw attention to herself and when to avoid it. Evanston rules.” Paris, 1938. A decade ...Read Review
Olav Audunssøn: Providence
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Olav Audunssøn: Providence is Tiina Nunnally’s new translation of Book Two of Sigrid Undset’s lauded Audunssøn series. Originally published ...Read Review
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
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“Selection is such an innocent word out of context.” In the 1940s it was not selection that was innocent, but those selected: unmarried ...Read Review
Jerningham
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In 1841, nineteen-year-old Edward Jerningham Wakefield arrives on New Zealand’s shores brimming with energy and tasked with acquiring territory for the New Zealand ...Read Review
Blood and Silver
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Fate has dealt twelve-year-old Carissa Beaumont a bad hand. After cholera claimed her father and brother in 1876, laudanum sank its hooks into her ...Read Review
In the Lion’s Den (The House of Falconer Series, 2)
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In the Lion’s Den, Book Two of the House of Falconer series, opens in London, 1889, with James Lionel Falconer about to face ...Read Review
Florence Adler Swims Forever
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Atlantic City, 1934. On a fine June day, Florence Adler, training to swim the English Channel, dives into the ocean and disappears beneath the ...Read Review
The Great Game: The Story of the First Oil War
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The Great Game is a fictionalized account of the Nobels—brothers Robert, Alfred, and Ludvig, and Ludvig’s son Emanuel—innovators and relentless ...Read Review
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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“‘Right there’ll do it.’ Pa fussed one last time with the slide on the courting candle, then finally placed the timekeeper on ...Read Review
The Devil Aspect
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Prague, 1935. Hrad Orlů Asylum, an ancient hilltop fortress reputedly built to plug the mouth of Hell, once imprisoned the demonic Jan of the ...Read Review