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Historical Fiction May 2017
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The evening road
by Laird Hunt
In the summer of 1920 in small-town Indiana, two extraordinary women—beautiful Ottie Lee Henshaw and Calla Destry, a young black woman—cross paths and they soon move through an America plagued by fear and hatred, determined to flee the secrets they have left behind. By the author of Neverhome. 40,000 first printing.
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The stars are fire : a novel
by Anita Shreve
A novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history follows the experiences of a pregnant woman who struggles to protect her two young children and watches her home burn while her husband joins the volunteer firefighters. By the best-selling author of The Pilot's Wife.
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Like a river from its course
by Kelli Stuart
An epic novel exposing the ugliness of war and the beauty of hope. The city of Kiev was bombed in Hitler's blitzkrieg across the Soviet Union, but the constant siege was only the beginning for her citizens. In this sweeping historical saga, Kelli Stuart takes the reader on a captivating journey into the little--known history of Ukraine's tragedies through the eyes of four compelling characters who experience the same story from different perspectives
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Abraham's well : a novel
by Sharon Ewell Foster
Armentia, an aged black Cherokee woman, remembers her youth, her family, and their struggle to hold on to their dreams
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Sinful Scottish laird
by Julia London
Young widow Daisy Bristol, Lady Chatwick, who must remarry to preserve her son's inheritance, returns to her Highland estate to await a long-lost love's return, but she is utterly bewitched after meeting Cailean Mackenzie, the laird of Arrandale
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The cutthroat
by Clive Cussler
Hired to find a young woman who ran away from home to become an actress in 1911, Chief Investigator Isaac Bell begins a manhunt that is complicated by the acts of a serial killer whose victims resemble the missing girl. By the authors of Gangster.
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The girl who knew too much
by Amanda Quick
Discovering the body of a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool at an exclusive California hotel, rookie reporter Irene Glasson investigates the victim's secret about an up-and-coming man and becomes drawn to a once-famous master magician whose career was mysteriously cut short.
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In this grave hour : a novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs is plunged into a treacherous personal battle when she stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may not be who they seem against a backdrop of the outbreak of World War II in England. By the best-selling author of Journey to Munich.
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