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"It's absolutely delightful, and I would recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Sarah Caudwell, or Agatha Christie, or anyone who loves really clever British murder mysteries set in the '20s." - Gillian Flynn, international bestselling author of Gone Girl. After eight...
A riveting work of historical fiction, The Traitorâs Wife tells the little known but explosive story of Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning young wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind one of the most shocking acts of treason in American history.Everyone knows...
âOne of the best books I have read in a long time.â Reader reviewA spellbinding historical saga of love, ambition and one womanâs fight to forge her own destiny.When Hester Needham loses her beloved mother, all she is allowed to keep is a single silver thimble â a...
This sweeping WW2 historical fiction novel brings D-Day to life through the eyes of 5 unforgettable women striving to survive the most terrifying 24-hours of their lives. âExtraordinary . . . genius . . . I highly recommend.â âHeather Morris, #1 New York...
Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right.When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave...
"In this ambitious, at times gripping work of historical fiction, Padura re-creates the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico." âForeign AffairsIn The Man Who Loved Dogs, Leonardo Padura brings a noir sensibility to one of the most fascinating and complex...
A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mysteryâŚSpirited Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on...
In the glittering world of the Elizabethan court, one woman must navigate a marriage of convenience and chart her own path to happiness.Margaery Preston, a young woman with more spirit than propriety, finds herself unexpectedly married to Robin Lewis, an emotionally...
An international bestseller: A brokenhearted young woman seeking a fresh start uncovers family secrets relating to events during the Spanish Civil War.High in the hills of Valencia, a forgotten house guards its secrets. Untouched since Franco's forces tore through...
This New York Times bestseller explores the life and many owners of an imaginary Vermeer painting in an "impressive debut collection" of linked stories (Publishers Weekly). A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries of loss, flood, anonymity,...