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by Danielle Trussoni
Published Oct 2024
Read ReviewsTwo sisters. A lost imperial treasure. The world's greatest puzzle master has twenty-four hours to solve the most dangerous mystery of his life ... or die trying, in the new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Master, hailed as "thrilling" by David Baldacci.
by Michael Ennis
Published Jun 2013
Read ReviewsAgainst a teeming canvas of Borgia politics, Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask an enigmatic serial killer, as we learn the secret history behind one of the most controversial works in the western canon, The Prince.
by Carson Morton
Published Oct 2012
Read ReviewsWhat happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting?
by Anne Fortier
Published Jul 2011
Read ReviewsJuliet, an ambitious, utterly engaging historical novel on the scale of The Thirteenth Tale and The Birth of Venus, follows a young woman who discovers that her familys origins reach all the way back to literatures greatest star-crossed lovers.
by David Hewson
Published Feb 2009
Read ReviewsFrom modern forensics to the realm of the Medicis, from the force of faith to the corruption of power, The Garden of Evil is a novel steeped in Roman historyand an unforgettable experience in richly atmospheric, modern-day suspense.
by Rebecca Stott
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsFilled with evocative descriptions of Cambridge, past and present, of seventeenth-century glassmaking, alchemy, the Great Plague, and Newtons scientific innovations, Ghostwalk centers around a real historical mystery that Rebecca Stott has uncovered involving Newtons alchemy.
by Michael Gruber
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsAn intellectual property lawyer is at the center of a deadly conspiracy and a chase to find a priceless treasure involving William Shakespeare. As he awaits a killeror killersunknown, Jake writes an account of the events that led to this deadly endgame, a frantic chase that began with a fire in an antiquarian bookstore.
by Diane Setterfield
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsA love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life...
by John Twelve Hawks
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsThe Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.
by Leslie Forbes
Published Apr 2005
Read ReviewsBoth a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith.
by Daniel Silva
Published Feb 2004
Read ReviewsFilled with rich characters, remarkable prose, and a multilayered plot of uncommon intensity, this is one of Silva's best books to date. A must for all who enjoy a good spy thriller.
by Matthew Pearl
Published Feb 2004
Read ReviewsA magnificent blend of fact and fiction, a brilliantly realized paean to Dante's continued grip on our imagination, and a captivating thriller that will surprise readers from beginning to end.
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