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by Lyndsay Faye
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by Chris Nickson
Published Dec 2020
Read ReviewsThief-taker Simon Westow must save one of his closest friends from a grim fate at the hands of the government in this compelling historical mystery.
by Francis Spufford
Published Feb 2018
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2017 Costa First Novel Award.
The spectacular first novel from acclaimed nonfiction author Francis Spufford follows the adventures of a mysterious young man in mid-eighteenth century Manhattan, thirty years before the American Revolution, in "a first-class period entertainment" (The Guardian).
by David Morrell
Published Nov 2017
Read ReviewsThe notorious Opium-Eater returns in the sensational climax to David Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mystery trilogy.
by Mary Costello
Published Apr 2016
Read ReviewsA vibrant, intimate, hypnotic portrait of one woman's life, from an important new writer.
by Paul Lynch
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsThe startling new novel from a brilliant young Irish novelist on the rise, who "has a sensational gift for a sentence" (Colum McCann).
by Paul Lynch
Published Oct 2014
Read ReviewsLanguage and landscape combine powerfully in this tense exploration of life and death, parts of which are based on historical events. A visceral and meditative novel that marks the debut of a stunning new talent.
by Peter May
Published Aug 2014
Read ReviewsFrom acclaimed author and television dramatist Peter May comes the first book in the Lewis Trilogy - a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a formidable and forbidding world where tradition rules and people adhere to ancient ways of life.
by Matthew Pearl
Published Nov 2012
Read ReviewsThe acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word "technology" represents a bold and frightening new concept.
by Jed Rubenfeld
Published Jun 2007
Read ReviewsIn this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattans wealthiest heiresses
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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