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Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic by Louella Bryant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Sheltering Angel tells the true story of several lesser-known individuals whose lives were impacted by the Titanic disaster. The stories of Cumings, Cunningham, Siebert and the others are engrossing, and Bryant's passion for the source material shines through on every page... -
![The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore]()
The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20’s, the glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at America’s only leper colony in Carville, Louisiana…Based on the little-known true story of America’s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West by RUSA Award-winning author Amanda Skenandore brings vividly to life...Categorized as:
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Smiling at Heaven by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the fall of 1919, Thea Hansen’s world seems to spiral out of control. First, her dearly loved father dies suddenly from the influenza epidemic sweeping across the globe. Then her brother, Lloyd, returns from The Great War transformed into a brooding stranger. Could it get any worse? Yes, indeed... -
![Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore]()
Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. A federal agent is dead, and the murder suspect is Alma’s childhood friend, Harry Muskrat. Harry—or Asku, as Alma knew him—was the most promising student at the “savage-taming” boarding school run by her father, where Alma was the only white pupil...Categorized as:
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![The Red Ribbon (Volume 8) (True Colors) by Pepper Basham]()
The Red Ribbon (Volume 8) (True Colors) by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Appalachian Feud Blows Up in 1912 Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime In Carroll County, a corn shucking is the social event of the season, until a mischievous kiss leads to one of the biggest tragedies in Virginia history. Ava Burcham isn’t your typical Blue Ridge Mountain girl... -
![The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis]()
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity...Categorized as:
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![The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke]()
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring Dave Robicheaux. It is also much more than that...Categorized as:
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![The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey]()
The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMinnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it’s not all fun and games.Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can’t forget. They’ve decided to never tell a soul... -
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Shadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSabina Mancari never questioned her life as the daughter of Chicago’s leading mob boss until bullets tear apart her world and the man she thought she loved turned out to be an undercover Prohibition agent. Now she sees how ugly the underworld can be. Ambushes, bribes, murder, prostitution—she thought her beloved Papa was above all that, but clearly he isn’t... -
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Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California, Clover Blue is a compelling, beautifully written story of a young boy's search for identity. There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were...Categorized as:
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![The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop]()
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA breakout novel by “a bitingly intelligent writer” (New York Times Book Review) set during the hours leading up to the scheduled execution of a young black man for the alleged rape of a white woman in a small Louisiana town in 1943.“One of the finest writers of her generation” (Brad Watson), and author of three previously acclaimed novels, Elizabeth H... -
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Gangland by Chuck Hogan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of the most infamous unprosecuted mob bosses in American history, and the hidden crime that will bring down an empire.In the late 1970s, The Outfit has the entire city of Chicago in its hands. Tony Accardo is its fearless leader... -
![A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne]()
A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. America's royalty, they called the Bradleys. But an outsider refuses to play his part... -
![Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke]()
Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known... -
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![The Girl Made of Stars by K.E. Le Veque]()
The Girl Made of Stars by K.E. Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLola Grayson had it all. In 1934, Lola was on top of the world. Dubbed "The Siren" by MGM, she was a protégé of Louis B. Mayer, the original talkie sex symbol before the rise of stars like Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow. But like Harlow, Lola Grayson had a dominant stage mother and bad health that struggled to meet the demand of the Golden Age of Hollywood... -
![Storytellers by Bjørn Larssen]()
Storytellers by Bjørn Larssen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn March 1920 Icelandic days are short and cold, but the nights are long. For most, on those nights, funny, sad, and dramatic stories are told around the fire. But there is nothing dramatic about Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith who barely manages to make ends meet. He knows nobody will remember his existence – they already don’t... -
![Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson]()
Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secret grips Corvus Hall?Visiting the Great Exhibition to view the wax anatomical models of the famous but reclusive Dr Silas Strangeway, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find a severed hand, perfectly dissected and laid out amongst the exhibits... -
![The Blue Cloak (True Colors) by Shannon McNear]()
The Blue Cloak (True Colors) by Shannon McNear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFiction Based on Strange, But True, History True, riveting stories of American criminal activity are explored through unique stories of historical romantic suspense. Collect them all and be inspired by the hope that always finds its way even in the darkest of times... -
![The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma]()
The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMen Are Disappearing in LaPorte, IndianaIn 1907, shy but loyal Ingrid Storset travels from Norway to support her grieving sister, Belle Gunness, who owns a farm in LaPorte, Indiana. Well-to-do widow Belle, who has lost two husbands and several children, provides Ingrid with enough money to start a small business... -
![The Silver Shadow by Liz Tolsma]()
The Silver Shadow by Liz Tolsma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Shadowy Figure Is Intent on Harming Denver’s WomenStep into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American CrimeDenver of 1900 is still a dangerous place to be following the silver crash of 1893. And of out of the dark comes a shadow intent on harming women... -
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Rewind by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsValentine’s Day, 1993. After years of being single, Noah is finally ready to date again. Unfortunately, things don’t end too well. After spending their first night together, he wakes up covered in blood—next to his very dead date. Already convinced Noah has an abnormal attraction to murder, Detective Wellesley believes it has tipped over to actually killing someone... -
![India Gray by Sujata Massey]()
India Gray by Sujata Massey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTravel to the Indian subcontinent with a new collection of Sujata Massey's suspenseful historical fiction. This boxed set includes five works. The title story, INDIA GRAY, is a poignant adventure set on the 1945 battlefront iof Assam, India and features Kamala and Simon, much-loved characters from the 2013 historical saga, THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY... -
![Atonement of Blood by Peter Tremayne]()
Atonement of Blood by Peter Tremayne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinter, 670 AD. King Colgú has invited the leading nobles and chieftains of his kingdom to a feast day. The gathering is interrupted by a religieux claiming that he has an important message for the King. Suddenly, the man, shouting 'Remember Liamuin!' stabs King Colgú. The assassin is slain but Colgú is on the verge of death... -
![The White City (True Colors) by Grace Hitchcock]()
The White City (True Colors) by Grace Hitchcock
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMysterious Disappearances Taint the Chicago World’s Fair Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime While attending the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Winnifred Wylde believes she witnessed a woman being kidnapped... -
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![Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley]()
Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis handsome collection contains six interconnected stories included in the reissued, stand-alone Easy Rawlins mysteries: Smoke, Crimson Stain, Silver Lining, Lavender, Gator Green, and Untitled... -
![Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour]()
Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Treasure Mountain, Louis L'Amour delivers a robust story of two brothers searching to learn the fate of their missing father-and finding themselves in a struggle just to stay alive. Orrin and Tell Sackett had come to exotic New Orleans looking for answers to their father's disappearance twenty years before... -
![The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke]()
The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke—an atmospheric, coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korea War rages.On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality...Categorized as:
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![Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman]()
Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first.For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret...Categorized as:
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![What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown]()
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA teenage girl breaks free from her father's world of isolation in this exhilarating novel of family, identity, and the power we have to shape our own destinies—from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things and Watch Me DisappearThe first thing you have to understand is that my father was my entire world...Categorized as:
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![The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry]()
The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsInspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both.In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina...Categorized as:
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Resolution by Robert B. Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFeatures the main characters first introduced in Appaloosa- now a major motion picture from New Line Cinema. A greedy mine owner threatens the coalition of local ranchers in the town of Resolution, pitching two honorable gunfighters, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, into a make-shift war that'll challenge their friendship -and the violently shifting laws of the West...Categorized as:
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![Brimstone by Robert B. Parker, Titus Welliver]()
Brimstone by Robert B. Parker, Titus Welliver
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCole and Hitch are back in a new Western classic...The guns-for-hire introduced in Robert B. Parker's Appaloosa are back...When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch track down the woman who stole Virgil's heart, they find a dispirited prostitute rather than the innocent beauty she once was. Now they must save her, even if murder is the price of redemption... -
![White Butterfly by Walter Mosley, Stanley Bennett Clay]()
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley, Stanley Bennett Clay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 1956, and it takes more than one murdered black girl before the cops get interested. Now they need Easy. As he says: "I was worth a precinct full of detectives when the cops needed the word in the ghetto." But Easy turns them down. He's married now, a father -- and his detective days are over...Categorized as:
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![All Involved by Ryan Gattis]()
All Involved by Ryan Gattis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast's Richard Price—a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty, set in the chaotic streets of South Central L.A. in the wake of one of the most notorious and incendiary trials of the 1990s.At 3:15 p.m...Categorized as:
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Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFat City is a novel about the indestructibility of of hope, the anguish and comedy of the human condition. It tells the story of two young boxers out of Stockton, California: Ernie Munger and Billy Tully, one in his late teens, the other just turning thirty, whose seemingly parallel lives intersect for a time...Categorized as:
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![Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley]()
Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSet in 1964, Easy is on a mission to lure Brawley Brown back to his mother. But not only is Brawley bad, he's big and not so easily swayed, especially since joining the Urban Revolutionary Party, a political group wary of strangers... -
![Lies We Never See by Michael Lindley]()
Lies We Never See by Michael Lindley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA heart-wrenching story of historical fiction and present day mystery and suspense from Amazon Kindle #1 author, Michael Lindley. Hanna Walsh’s husband is found murdered in Charleston, South Carolina. His failed land deal leaves her family and finances in ruins...Categorized as:
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![The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner]()
The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnable to marry due to a stipulation in her late father's will--which states that she will lose his millions if she does wed--headstrong Frances hires Perry Mason to get around the clause, and soon he ends up solving a family murder... -
![Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin]()
Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring the Revolution, Phoebe Fraunces has a chance to save the life of General George Washington while he has dinner at Mortier House in New York City...Categorized as:
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![A Man's Word by Martin Jensen]()
A Man's Word by Martin Jensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe crime-solving duo known as the King’s Hounds—Halfdan and his master, Winston—are investigating a possible plot against King Cnut by onetime enemy-turned-ally Jarl Thorkell. Joined on the arduous journey by Winston’s woman, Alfilda, and Atheling, his cranky mule, they venture to the markets in Thetford to gather information... -
![Judge Dee At Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories by Robert van Gulik]()
Judge Dee At Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories by Robert van Gulik
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe intriguing master detective of ancient China tackles a variety of crimes in these short stories, from a brutal murder in a watchtower to a case of treachery within the Chinese armies...Categorized as:
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![The Big Blow by Joe R. Lansdale]()
The Big Blow by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The sea had turned black as a dutch oven, the sky the color of gangrene, and between sea and sky there appeared to be something rising out of the water, something huge and oddly shaped, like a horrible sea god, and then Simmons realized what it was.”Galveston, Texas. September 4, 1900. A giant hurricane—destined to be remembered as the storm of the century—is brewing offshore... -
![The Butterfly Man by Rose Heather]()
The Butterfly Man by Rose Heather
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinner of the Davitt Award – Crime Fiction Novel of the Year 2006In November 1974 a young English nanny named Sandra Rivett was murdered in London's West End. Her employer, Lord Lucan, was named as her attacker. It was widely assumed he had mistaken her for his wife. Lord Lucan disappeared the night Sandra Rivett died and has never been seen since...Categorized as:
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![Fall From Grace by David Ashton]()
Fall From Grace by David Ashton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRevolving around the Tay Bridge Disaster, this story begins with a break-in and murder at the Edinburgh home of Sir Thomas Bouch. Bouch is the egotistical builder of Tay Bridge. McLevy investigates, and finds the murderer, the dangerous Hercules Dunbar. But there is much, to unfold - murder, arson, sexual obsession and suicide... -
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![Strong and Stubborn by Kelly Eileen Hake]()
Strong and Stubborn by Kelly Eileen Hake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRide out west to join the last sawmill bride as she attempts to select her mate. Naomi Higgins isn’t about to settle for just anybody. Carpenter Michael Strode and his son—a chip off the old block—are ready to start a new life... -
![The Yellow Lantern: True Colors: Historical Stories of American Crime (True Colors) by Angie Dicken]()
The Yellow Lantern: True Colors: Historical Stories of American Crime (True Colors) by Angie Dicken
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1824, Josephine Clayton is considered dead by everyone in her Massachusetts village — especially the doctor she gas assisted for several months. Yet, she is still very much alive. After the doctor’s illegal dealing with his body snatcher to obtain her body, Josephine awakens, positioned as the next corpse for his research... -
![The Wide World: A Novel by Pierre Lemaitre]()
The Wide World: A Novel by Pierre Lemaitre
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sweeping saga of one prominent French family in postwar Paris, Beirut, and Saigon—an electrifying novel of passion, greed, murder, and revenge The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in 1948 Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son... -
![Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler]()
Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsDirk Pitt discovers Atlantis, in a breathtaking novel from the grand master of adventure fiction. Clive Cussler has long since proven himself one of America's most popular authors--a master of intricate, audacious plotting and "vibrant, rollicking narrative" (Chicago Tribune). But Atlantis Found may be his most audacious novel of all... -
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Other Women by Emma Flint
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA husband. A wife. A lover. Each has a secret they’d kill to protect . . .From the author of Little Deaths, shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, comes the sensational Other Women. Mesmerising, haunting and utterly remarkable, Other Women is inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago...Categorized as:
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A Red Death by Walter Mosley
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'It has come to my attention, sir, that between August 1948 and September of 1952 you came into possession of at least three real estate properties. I have reviewed your tax records back to 1945 and you show no large income, in any year. This would suggest that you could not legally afford such expenditures..Categorized as:
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