by Hillary Jordan
Laura, a city woman whose life has always been free, and Ronsell, the son of a sharecropper who experienced freedom and respect in Europe during the second World War, find their lives completely changed when Laura’s husband buys a farm in backwoods Mississippi.
June 12th, 2009
by Judy Blundell
Part mystery and part romance, What I Saw and How I Lied is the story of a teenage girl and her family in post World War II Florida. Over the course of the story, the heroine faces some unpleasant truths and experiences her first love.
June 8th, 2009
by Hannah Tinti
Ren, an orphan missing his left hand, is released to an unscrupulous young man who claims to be his brother. Joined by an unforgettable cast, they embark on a harrowing, fantastical tale through the bowels of colonial New England. Spell-binding!
February 27th, 2009
by Leonie Swan
The flock awakens to find their shepherd lying bludgeoned in their midst. As Miss Marple is one of their eccentric herd members, the sheep set out to uncover the identity of the murderer.
February 13th, 2009
by Diane Setterfield
Writer Vida Winter has lied to every biographer who has tried to write her life story. Can young biographer Margaret Lea separate the fact from the fiction?
February 13th, 2009
by Robin P. Williams
Could William Shakespeare, with his meager education and his limited background, possibly have written the breadth and depth of work attributed to him? You decide.
February 13th, 2009
by Javier Sierra
A compelling case is made that Leonardo’s heretical beliefs are there for all to see in this novel, if only we know how to find them.
February 13th, 2009
by Geraldine Brooks
Inside a priceless manuscript are four clues: an insect wing, a wine stain, salt crystals, and a white hair that lead rare book restorer Hannah Heath on a mysterious journey.
February 13th, 2009
by Jon McGregor
Can a story of a single day on a single street in a small English town serve as the subject of a novel that reads like a mystery?
February 13th, 2009
by William Gibson
By the master of cyberpunk, a woman is hired to track down the origins of mysterious internet videos that have obsessed some to search for patterns in their meaning.
February 10th, 2009
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