Rebecca Kightlinger
A Fortune Foretold
Mid-twentieth century Sweden. By the time Neta is in the 6th grade, she has been “the new girl” so many…
Defectors
Moscow, 1961. It’s been twelve years since CIA agent Frank Weeks betrayed his country —and his own brother—then disappeared behind…
Roads
“Under the surface, they felt the whirling currents pull at their bodies, twisting their clothing as if demanding ransom for…
Dido’s Crown
In a narrative that hopscotches across continents and zigzags between 1916 and 1935, Mary Wilson—don’t call her Mrs. MacPherson—races through…
Lightningstruck
Editors' choice
“It seemed as if the things I’d witnessed—Brad and Brenda, those bullies, trying to pick a fight at the drugstore…
The Lost Girls
Editors' choice
As I said, I am the last. Since Lilith’s passing three years ago, the story of that summer has been…
A Deadly Affection
New York City, 1907. Genevieve Summerford, MD, having spurned a position at a prestigious hospital, is about to embark on a…
Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Editors' choice
Los Angeles, 1968. Private Investigator Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, having just opened his own detective agency, is feeling pretty good about…
Before We Visit the Goddess
“Without education,” Sabitri writes to Tara, the granddaughter she has never met, “a woman has little chance of standing on…
See Also Deception: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery
North Dakota, 1965. When librarian Calla Eltmore doesn’t answer her phone by the eleventh ring, book indexer Marjorie Trumaine panics.…
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