The Girl from the Grand Hotel: A Novel

An American in pre-WWII France navigates a daunting mix of starlets and spies.

Flight of the Wild Swan: A Novel

Before she became a metaphor, Florence Nightingale was a woman.

Your Presence Is Mandatory: A Novel

A Ukrainian-Jewish POW endures endless misery in this bleak WWII tale.

Never Sleep

By Fred Van Lente

Never Sleep

A female P.I. tries to foil an assassination plot against Lincoln.

Discipline: A Novel

By Debra Spark

Discipline: A Novel

This ambitious historical mystery mostly sticks the landing.

The Phoenix Crown: A Novel

By Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

The Phoenix Crown: A Novel

Veteran authors team up to deliver a suspenseful, ripped-from-reality historical mystery.

The God of Endings

By Jacqueline Holland

The God of Endings

This sweeping vampire epic swings for the fences — and misses.

The Case of Cem

By Vera Mutafchieva; translated by Angela Rodel

The Case of Cem

An ambitious if flat account of a long-ago, would-be sultan.