Tess Heckel

A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III

By Janice Hadlow - Published 2014

Genres:

Nonfiction

In 1714, the German House of Hanover was surprised to become the British royal family by default of the Act of Settlement of 1701, which ...Read Review

Dead Letters

By Joan Lock - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the summer of 1880s London, DI Ernest Best is assigned duty with fellow officers for the Police’s Annual Fête at ...Read Review

Moriarty

By Anthony Horowitz - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Sherlock Holmes’ untimely death as he wrestled his arch-nemesis, Moriarty, at Reichenbach Falls stunned the civilized world. Although faithfully recorded as “The Final ...Read Review

The Eyes of Aurora: A Fifth Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger

By Albert J. Bell Jr. - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

During the glory days of the Roman Empire, Pliny the Younger, a brilliant lawyer and a copious writer, had an unknown side to ...Read Review

The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By Benjamin Black - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It’s 1950s California, and P.I. Philip Marlowe sits staring at a silent telephone in a quiet room, empty of eager clients. ...Read Review

City of Darkness and Light, A Molly Murphy Mystery

By Rhys Bowen - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It’s 1905, and Molly Murphy, former private investigator, settles into domestic life as Mrs. Daniel Sullivan with their baby son, Liam. Their life ...Read Review

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

By Fannie Flagg - Published 2013Published 2014

Genres:

Saga

Beloved author Fannie Flagg has written another delightful saga spanning decades and focusing on the Southern theme of family. Mrs. Sarah “Sookie” Poole, ...Read Review

The Book of Fate

By Parinoush Sanice - Published 2013

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In Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, curious teenage girls like Massoumeh enjoyed school even though older brothers like Ahmad thought education was wasted ...Read Review

A Higher Duty

By Peter Murphy - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A Higher Duty opens in London, 1960, when a shocking death at Cambridge University sets into motion a low-key investigation of the case and ...Read Review

Before I Met You

By Lisa Jewell - Published 2013

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In 1983, young Elizabeth Dean isn’t pleased about moving from her childhood home in Surrey to babysit a recently disabled woman who lives ...Read Review