Sophie Hannah TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four -- numbers that mean nothing...

EM Forster Wit and intelligence are the hallmarks of these two probing portraits of the English character written by E.M. Forster. Both are stories of extreme contrasts--in values, social class...

Louise Penny In the height of summer, the guests descended. . . .Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are celebrating their anniversary at the luxurious, isolated Manoir Bellechasse....

Elizabeth Elgin A captivating tale of forbidden passion and wartime friendship from the bestselling author of THE WILLOW POOL and ONE SUMMER AT DEER'S LEAP. It's 1940 and the threat...

Ida Fink Stories recount the harrowing experiences of ordinary people facing various aspects of the Holocaust in Poland. January 28, 1989 by Schocken

Emma Darwin Two murdered princes; a powerful queen betrayed; a nobleman riding towards his certain death...The story of the Princes in the Tower has been one of the most fascinating...

Tatiana de RosnayIt all began with a seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing their childhood. Antoine thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister Melanie's birthday: a weekend...

Jennifer PaddockJennifer Paddock's incandescent debut novel spans fifteen years in the lives of friends Leigh, Sarah, and Chandler, beginning one fateful day in high school that forever connects them. While...

Gustave Flaubert Frederic Moreau, a provincial young man who dreams of wealth and fame, falls in love with Madame Arnoux and cultivates a friendship with her husband in order to...

John Knowles An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its...

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Deborah CrombieA week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends...