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Historical Fiction October 2021 |
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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
In June of 1954, 18-year-old Emmett Watson, released after serving 15 months for involuntary manslaughter, discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car and have hatched a different plan for Emmett’s future.
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The Wicked Widow
by Beatriz Williams
While digging up dirt on a Presidential candidate at the behest of her 90-something society queen aunt, pregnant Ella Dommerich, with the help of her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, stands between a ruthless family and the prize it’s sought for generations.
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1979 : An Allie Burns Novel
by Val McDermid
Journalist Allie Burns teams up with another aspiring investigative journalist, Danny Sullivan, for a series of stories in 1979 Glasgow about international tax fraud and a domestic terrorist group that create enemies and get one of them killed.
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Three Sisters
by Heather Morris
After surviving years of imprisonment in Auschwitz, three Slovakian sisters travel to Israel where the battle for freedom takes on new forms as they face the ghosts of their past and secrets they have kept from each other to find true peace and happiness.
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The Last Checkmate
by Gabriella Saab
Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game that will end in either failure or justice.
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Spotlight on Historical Romance
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The Vanished Days
by Susanna Kearsley
The long-awaited new novel from New York Times best-selling author is a sweeping story set in Scotland and a companion novel to the best-seller The Winter Sea.
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The Brightest Star in Paris
by Diana Biller
A thrilling new romantic historical about first love, second chances, and the city of light.
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