A hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay.
A Heart of Stone by
Renate Dorrestein
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: 1 Jan 2002 Publication information
Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with Hitchcockian tension and warmed by a redemptive love story, A Heart of Stone tells a darkly humorous, yet ultimately compassionate tale.
Drowning Ruth by
Christina Schwarz
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Christina Schwarz
Hardcover: Aug 2000
Paperback: 31 Jul 2001 Publication information
A stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut.
We'll Meet Again by
Mary Higgins Clark
Hardcover: Apr 1999
Paperback: 1 Apr 2000 Publication information
An ingenious tour de force: an utterly compelling historical mystery with a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader guessing until the very last page.
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
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