Reviews

Murder at the Tower

By N R Daws - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Murder at the Tower is a well-crafted locked room murder/mystery following the classic formula, set in the Tower of London towards the ...Read Review

The Salamander (The Dawn of America series Book 2)

By Regan Walker - Published 2026

Genres:

AdventureNautical

The second book in Walker’s The Dawn of America series opens in Salem, Massachusetts, a colonial city that becomes a major port ...Read Review

Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson

By Andrew S. Curran - Published 2026

Genres:

Nonfiction

Andrew Curran, Professor at Wesleyan University, has published four academic books on the conceptualization of race in the 18th century. This book makes ...Read Review

Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story

By Judy Campbell-Smith - By Maggie Carroll (illus.) - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Jimmy, a Black child living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during World War II, enjoys going to the (then) minor-league Milwaukee Brewers games with his ...Read Review

Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties

By Flora-Lee Bendit (trans.) - By Marie-Josée Poisson - Published 2026

Genres:

Literary

A dress discovered hidden in a palace wall in France sends shock waves across the Atlantic. This deep dive into historical and genealogical ...Read Review

The Pharaoh’s Curse Murders (The Merry Widow Murders, 3)

By Melodie Campbell - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

On board a luxury liner headed for Egypt sometime in the 1920s are two rival archaeological teams, British and American. Someone suggests playing ...Read Review

The Unforgettable Mailman

By April Howells - Published 2026

Genres:

In the fall of 1966, the Chicago post office shuts down for three weeks. Overwhelmed by the growing volume of mail and an outdated ...Read Review

I Am Joey

By R Ghrist - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This novel starts when Josefina Veluya Guerrero’s life falls apart. Opening in 1941, the story introduces Joey after she has been lifted from ...Read Review

Sparks Fly Up: The Lost Story of Margaret Fuller

By Carol Strickland - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1849, friends of writer Margaret Fuller are surprised and worried—surprised to find out that the woman who insisted she would never marry ...Read Review

Sisters of the Storm

By Lana Kortchik - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

In November 1943, not long after the Italian surrender to the Allies in WW2, an American transport plane carrying a US army medical team ...Read Review