Sarah Johnson
The Deepest Grave
In his entertaining 11th adventure, Crispin Guest, known throughout late 14th-century London as the Tracker, has his hands full with…
Beneath an Indian Sky
Author D’Silva transports readers to her native India in a new multi-period novel exploring her frequent themes of difficult family…
Cometh the Hour
With a careful hand and keen appreciation for the era’s material culture, Annie Whitehead, the inaugural winner of the HWA…
The Air You Breathe
Editors' choice
A soaring fusion of emotion, intense drama, and the compelling rhythms of Brazilian music, The Air You Breathe belongs to…
The Queen’s Promise
Vantrease’s long-awaited return to the historical fiction scene showcases her painstaking attention to characterization and period atmosphere. Opening with a…
The Antique Dealer’s Daughter
Gray’s third historical novel takes place in the postwar Cotswolds, a place whose bucolic appearance conceals a difficult past. In…
A Fist Around the Heart
This is such a surprising book, one filled with layers inside layers and new revelations at every turn. Moving back…
The Portrait of Molly Dean
“Lane & Co. think they have a portrait of a pretty but unknown girl by an unknown artist. However, I…
Swimming Between Worlds
Written with candor and compassion, Orr’s second novel takes place in the conservative South in 1959 with short flashbacks to…
The Woman in the Water
Editors' choice
In this engrossing prequel to the Charles Lenox mysteries, set in 1850, Finch’s amiable aristocratic hero is not yet the…
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