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Kate Braithwaite

Kate is originally from Edinburgh but now lives in Pennsylvania. She loves literary fiction, historical fiction and thrillers and she also writes and reviews for the Historical Novel Society. She is the author of Charlatan, a novel of poison and intrigue at the court of Louis XIV, due to be published by Fireship Press in 2016. Her website is www.kate-braithwaite.com

Books reviewed by Kate Braithwaite

Confessions of the Fox (08/01/18)
The Abbot's Tale (06/20/18)
The Mercy Seat (05/30/18)
How to Be Safe (05/02/18)
I Am, I Am, I Am (04/04/18)
White Houses (03/21/18)
Fortress America (02/07/18)
The Mannequin Makers (01/03/18)
The Blind (10/18/17)
Manhattan Beach (10/04/17)
Less (09/06/17)
Birdcage Walk (08/23/17)
A Good Country (05/31/17)
Anything Is Possible (05/03/17)
This Is How It Always Is (02/01/17)
Conclave (01/04/17)
Coffin Road (11/16/16)
The Perfect Girl (11/02/16)
The Gustav Sonata (10/05/16)
This Must Be the Place (09/07/16)
Arrowood (08/03/16)
The Strings of Murder (06/22/16)
Redemption Road (06/01/16)
The Mirror Thief (05/18/16)
Louisa (05/04/16)
The Hourglass Factory (04/20/16)
High Dive (03/16/16)
The Kindness of Enemies (02/03/16)
Mr. Splitfoot (01/20/16)
The Prize (11/18/15)
Thirteen Ways of Looking (11/04/15)
Mrs. Engels (10/21/15)
Crooked Heart (09/16/15)
Barbara the Slut and Other People (08/12/15)
The Library at Mount Char (07/08/15)
The Folded Clock (06/17/15)
The Blondes (05/13/15)
God Help the Child (04/15/15)
The Strangler Vine (04/01/15)
My Sunshine Away (03/04/15)
Alphabetical (02/18/15)
The Unquiet Dead (02/04/15)
How We Learn (11/19/14)
The Undertaking (11/19/14)
The Zone of Interest (10/15/14)
The Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb (09/17/14)
The Frozen Dead (09/03/14)
Dark Aemilia (07/09/14)

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