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Allende, Isabel Island Beneath the Sea The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. 2010 Adult Fiction Book ALLENDE | |
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Archer, Jeffrey The Sins of the Father Harry, despairing of a marriage to Emma, flees England for New York. En route, Harry’s ship is sunk by a German U-boat. Impulsively, Harry assumes the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harry's own. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Caldwell, Bo City of Tranquil Light In 1906, Will and Katherine leave Seattle to establish a church and orphanage in the North China Plain. For 25 years they witness China's tumultuous history during those years marked by civil war. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Dietrich, William The Barbary Pirates Napoleon dispatches Gage and his three savant friends to chase down the rumor of the fabled mirror of Archimedes. Things turn sticky when Gage's old arch nemesis, the Egyptian Rite, a ruthless cabal out to rule the world, joins the race to grab the mirror for their own evil designs. 2010 Adult Fiction Book DIETRIC | |
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Doherty, P. C. The Mysterium Investigating the February 1304 murder of the King's disgraced Chief Justice, Sir Hugh Corbett sifts through clues to determine if the culprit is a vengeance-seeking adversary of the victim or a copycat killer. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Dunant, Sarah Sacred Hearts Sixteen year-old Serafina, a talented songstress, is forced by her father to join the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara. Serafina has one goal in mind: escape. Dunant masterfully re-creates the rarified workd of a sixteenth-century Benedictine convent and the struggle of women, against all odds, to define their own destinies. 2009 Adult Fiction Book DUNANT | |
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Eastland, Sam Eye of the Red Tsar Pekkala was once Czar Nicholas’s most trusted detective. After the Romanovs perish, Pekkala becomes prisoner 4745-P and is sent to the Siberian gulag. A decade later, Stalin offers Pekkala his freedom if he can identify who killed the Royal family, locate the royal child rumored to be alive, and find a treasure trove. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Eccles, Marjorie Last Nocturne The suicide of artist Theodore Benton in 1909 London leads Scotland Yard to re-examine the death of Eliot Martagon, the owner of the gallery that displayed Benton's work. Set in the bustling streets of London and Vienna, this story explores the devastating repercussions of a single action. 2010 Adult Fiction Book ECCLES | |
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Erdrich, Louise The Master Butchers Singing Club A young German butcher Fidelis Waldvogel returns home from World War I to marry his best friend's pregnant widow. Fidelis and Eva set sail for America and settle in Argus, North Dakota. Erdich details the changing landscape of small-town life and the hidden dramas of daily life. 2005 Adult Fiction Book ERDRICH | |
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Furst, Alan Mission to Paris In 1938, Europe is about to explode, and Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl travels to Paris to make a movie. Stahl is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents, exiled Spanish republicans, and spies of every sort. 2012 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Gregson, Julia Band of Angels Seeking adventure, Catherine Carreg becomes a nurse and travels to war torn Crimea. Unprepared for both the brutal reality of war and the primitive hospital conditions, Catherine struggles to conquer her fears and survive in her harsh new environment. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Grenville, Kate The Lieutenant A gripping story about friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language, set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales. 2008 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Harrison, Cora Writ in Stone Mara, Brehon (investigating judge) of the Burren must determine the culprit and allocate punishment when a man is violently murdered as he kneels before the altar of the Cistercian Abbey sanctuary two days before Christmas, 1509. But was the dead man the intended victim? Romantic and political intrigues abound in this evocative Irish historical mystery. 2010 Adult Fiction Book HARRISO | |
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Hickman, Katie The Pindar Diamond Hickman introduces a large cast of characters who vividly embody everyday life in seventeenth-century Italy. The cast features a wandering troupe of women acrobats, a Venetian merchant obsessed by a rare diamond in a Sultan's collection, and Sister Annetta, who alone knows how the Sultan's Blue came to Venice. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Hoffman, Alice The Dovekeepers A tale inspired by the tragic first-century massacre of hundreds of Jewish people at Masada. Hoffman intertwines the stories of a hated daughter, a baker's wife, a girl disguised as a warrior, and a medicine woman who keep doves and secrets while Roman soldiers draw near. 2011 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Holland, Cecelia The High City The early years of the reign of Basil II were racked by civil war and his wife's murderous intrigue. When the young son of an Irish slave catches the eye of the Emperor's wife, jealousy and anger come near to bringing down the High City itself. 2009 Adult Fiction Book HOLLAND | |
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Howe, Katherine The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane While readying her grandmother's abandoned home for sale, Connie Goodwin discovers an ancient key in a seventeenth-century Bible with a scrap of parchment bearing the name Deliverance Dane. In her quest to discover who this woman was and seeking a rare artifact -- a physick book -- Connie begins to feel haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials and fears that she may be more tied to Salem's past than she could have imagined. 2009 Adult Fiction Book HOWE | |
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Lent, Jeffrey After You've Gone Henry Dorn has spent years building a family, but it only takes a single afternoon for it to fall apart. Abruptly widowed, Henry travels to Amsterdam, hoping to start life anew. On the ship he meets the fiery, self- sufficient Lydia Pearce, one of a new generation of women. 2009 Adult Fiction Book LENT | |
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Levy, Andrea The Long Song July is a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation in Jamaica until a recently transplanted English widow moves her into the great house and renames her. Marguerite/July provides a firsthand account of island's slave rebellion of 1832. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Littell, Jonathan The Kindly Ones Dr. Max Aue is a compelling witness to the extraordinary events that punctuated the Third Reich. Aue frequently shares the stage with titans, including Himmler, Eichmann, Bormann, and Hitler. As he broods over his involvement in horrific deeds, Aue reveal s how ordinary human weaknesses can pave the way for extraordinarily evil acts. 2009 Adult Fiction Book | |
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