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by Helen Simonson
Published Feb 2017
Read ReviewsThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love and war that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set.
by Beatriz Williams
Published Jan 2017
Read ReviewsThe bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, brimming with lush atmosphere, striking characters, and irresistible charm.
by Sebastian Faulks
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsBertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves return in their first new novel in nearly forty years: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks. A brilliantly conceived, seamlessly written comic work worthy of the master himself.
by Alan Hollinghurst
Published Aug 2012
Read ReviewsA magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations.
by Helen Simonson
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2010 Best Debut Award
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsAn enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions—and a rich literary delight.
by Jacqueline Winspear
Published Nov 2008
Read ReviewsIn her fifth outing, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small rural community.
by Jacqueline Winspear
Published Jun 2006
Read ReviewsIn the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful WWI memories to resolve the mystery of a pilot's death
by Jacqueline Winspear
Published Aug 2005
Read ReviewsMaisie is as intelligent and engaging a sleuth as one might desire: the period touches, from clothing to manners, are not only elegantly presented but unostentatious.
by Ian McEwan
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsBrilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class. At its center this is a profound–and profoundly moving–exploration of shame, forgiveness and the difficulty of absolution.
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