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Historical Fiction February 2018
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Last Stop in Brooklyn
by Lawrence H. Levy
Hired by a prisoner's brother to reopen a Jack-the-Ripper copycat murder case and help identify the real killer, 19th-century Brooklyn private investigator Mary Handley uncovers corruption deep within New York's justice system that implicates the city's untouchable head of detectives.
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| The Girls in the Picture by Melanie BenjaminStarring: Silent film actress Mary Pickford and screenwriter Frances Marion, whose (complicated) friendship underpins their enduring creative partnership.
Read it for: an engaging story anchored by strong female characters, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the early years of America's film industry.
For fans of: Karina Longworth's podcast You Must Remember This, which focuses on both famous and lesser-known figures in Hollywood history. |
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White houses : a novel
by Amy Bloom
A New York Times best-selling author presents a novel inspired by the life of Lorena Hickok, and by her love affair and enduring friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The grave's a fine and private place : a Flavia de Luce novel
by C. Alan Bradley
Joining her older sisters for a recuperative boating trip in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, 12-year-old Flavia de Luce discovers a body in the water near the church of a murderous vicar. By the co-author of Ms. Holmes of Baker Street.
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The great alone
by Kristin Hannah
"In 1974, a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace, restoration, and freedom. They will also face dangers, both internally and externally, as they face theultimate test of the human spirit"
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| Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy HoranStarring: Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, the American divorcée who becomes his wife, collaborator, and traveling companion.
Author alert: Though it's got a happier ending than Loving Frank, Nancy Horan's latest novel also follows a creative couple's scandalous courtship and unconventional love affair.
For fans of: the authentic characters in Erica Robuck's Call Me Zelda or The House of Hawthorne, both of which feature literary couples. |
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