Trudi E. Jacobson
Coventry
I must confess, I am a great fan of Helen Humphreys’ novels. Coventry, an extremely vivid and moving book, just…
The Last Illusion
It is a hot, muggy July in 1903. Molly Murphy, private investigator, is lamenting her lack of new cases. She…
The Postmistress
Editors' choice
This atmospheric novel follows the intersecting lives of three American women during 1940 and 1941. Iris James is the postmaster…
Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910
When I first encountered this book, I was intrigued, but a bit embarrassed: I’d never heard of the Paris flood…
Mr. Langshaw’s Square Piano
The author’s search for a second-hand harpsichord on which to play early music led her on a journey that will…
The Demon Redcoat
In this third book in the Traitor to the Crown series, Proctor Brown is still fighting the Covenant, the slippery…
Day After Night
Editors' choice
Welcome to Atlit. Meet Tedi, from Holland, who lost her sense of smell during the war, but who has regained…
Race for the Dying
Thomas Parks of Connecticut, newly graduated from a prestigious medical school back East, arrives in Port McKinney, Washington in 1891…
The Book of the Maidservant
After young Johanna’s mother dies and her family falls apart, she is sent to be a serving girl to Margery…
A Spell for the Revolution
This second book in the Traitor to the Crown series finds Proctor Brown and Deborah Walcott continuing their battle against…
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