Susan McDuffie
Madness Is Better than Defeat
This book opens in 1938 Manhattan, where a wrestler struggles with an octopus in a water-filled tank. From there we…
Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru
Philadelphia, 1844: The City of Brotherly Love is not so loving in 1844 as nativist Americans foment unrest against Irish…
The Beachcomber
In 1711, on the Isle of Sylt on the North Sea coast, Jordis and her grandmother are considered outsiders due…
The Winter Station
Editors' choice
1910: As winter approaches, two frozen bodies are found near the railroad station in the city of Kharbin, a Russian…
The Devouring
1944: American Billy Boyle and his Polish friend Kaz are sent to Switzerland to work with the Office of Strategic…
The Last Beothuk
Canada, 1800s: The Beothuk, an indigenous people living in Newfoundland, were believed wiped out by 1829 when the woman Shanawdithit…
A Mortal Likeness
1889, London: Sarah Bain, a photographer turned private detective, and Lord Hugh Staunton, her business partner, accept what they expect…
The Gate Keeper
Editors' choice
1920: Late one December night, after dancing at his sister’s nuptials and then running from his ever-present personal demons, Ian…
The Cottingley Secret
In 1917, nine-year-old Frances Griffiths and her mother arrive in Cottingley, Yorkshire, from South Africa, to stay with her aunt,…
Summerwode
1194, England: As this book opens, Templar assassin Guy de Gisbourne, born as noble Gamelyn Boundys, camps in the Shire…
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