Sir Walter Scott Quentin Durward (1823), Scott's first "European" novel, was an experiment in transferring the historical romance to foreign soil. Fifteenth-century France, the French Revolution, and contemporary Britain all...

Pauline Gedge  Kamose assumes command of the rebellion of the native princes against their overlords following his father's death, making a perilous sweep up the river Nile toward the delta...

Hilary Bailey Re-invents the history of the Trojan Wars and tells a new story of Cassandra. Legend has it that Cassandra died at the hand of Clytemnestra, but in this...

Jack Trevor Story Horace Spurgeon Fenton, struggling scriptwriter is Jack Trevor Story's alter ego - over-committed financially and emotionally.In this darkly comic novel Story documents his hero collisions with the...

Judith Lindbergh The mesmerizing chronicle of three tenth-century Viking women whose lives are inextricably bound by fate The Thrall’s Tale is a masterpiece of historical fiction that follows Katla, a slave,...

John Gardner Gus Keene, former colleague of Herbie Kruger in the British Secret Intelligence Service, is, like his old friend, retired. Yet he has barely had time to smell the...

Joe Ide In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his brother, Marcus.For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah...

Helen Callaghan What if your parents had been lying to you since the day you were born?Sophia's parents lived quiet, ordinary lives. At least she thought so, until she came...

Ellen Gilchrist With tender humor, brilliant insight, and an unmistakable narrative voice, National Book Award-winner Ellen Gilchrist returns to the celebrated Hand family and explores the world of complicated, simmering...

Joshua Ferris A big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel about the mysteries of modern life by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris, one of the most exciting voices of his generationPaul...

Molly Flatt Full of heart and humor, this is one woman's adventure—with a most unexpected twistThere are success stories—and there are true stories. How would you feel if everything in...

Hakan Nesser International Bestseller Håkan Nesser is firmly established as one of the world's bestselling crime novelists. And now the novel that introduced Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is available for the...