The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle
January 13, 2019 7:22 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Poison Bed, Elizabeth Fremantle, Pegasus Crime - In the Court of King James I of England, few have risen as swiftly or so high as Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
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Roxanne Veletzos’ The Girl They Left Behind Depicts Life Behind Iron Curtain
December 1, 2018 5:01 am Leave your thoughtsThe Girl They Left Behind, Roxanne Veletzos, Atria Books - For Roxanne Veletzos, THE GIRL THEY LEFT BEHIND is an intensely personal story. Her debut novel is a sweeping saga of family and love. The tale takes place in 1941 in war-torn Bucharest and depicts life behind the Iron Curtain during the Soviet Union occupation.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
April 11, 2018 1:44 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Silent Companions, Laura Purcell, Random House - In 1865, Elsie Bainbridge’s new marriage comes to an end with the sudden death of her husband Rupert. She is pregnant with his child.
Winter Sister by Robin Oliveria
April 2, 2018 5:33 pm Leave your thoughtsWinter Sisters, Robin Oliveira, Random House - Robin Oliveira’s haunting thriller, “Winter Sisters,” loosely based on a 19th-century historic snowstorm that buried Albany, New York, also shines light on early 20th-Century age-of-consent and sexual-assault laws.