Murder on the Eiffel Tower is a painstakingly researched but seemingly effortless evocation of 19th century Paris, and an exciting opening to a new series featuring second-hand bookseller and amateur detective Victor Legris.
Murder on the Leviathan
: An Erast Fandorin novel
by Boris Akunin
Hardcover: Apr 2004
Paperback: Feb 2005
Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunins latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas.
Muse
: A novel
by Jonathan Galassi
Hardcover: Jun 2015
Paperback: Jun 2016
A first novel, at once hilarious and tender, about the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions, and the iconic, alluring writer who has obsessed them both.
A Shoshone woman, Sacagawea, leads Lewis and Clark to the Pacific at the turn of the 19th century. On her back is her infant son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the youngest member of the Expedition - a child caught between two worlds.
Music of the Ghosts
by Vaddey Ratner
Hardcover: Apr 2017
Paperback: Apr 2018
This "novel of extraordinary humanity" (Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing) from New York Times bestselling author Vaddey Ratner reveals "the endless ways that families can be forged and broken hearts held" (...
Music of The Spheres
by Elizabeth Redfern
Hardcover: Jul 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
In the London of 1795, intrigue and death walk the dark streets. England is at war with France and espionage is rampant - and it is the job of John Absey to catch these spies. Intricately plotted and beautifully paced.
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