Old Bones
A young couple discover human remains buried in the garden of their new house: could this be the resting place of 14-year-old Amanda Knight, who disappeared from the same garden two decades before, and was never seen again? The problem comes almost as a relief to DCI Slider, still suffering from the fallout of his […]
The Patriots
“The Patriots is a historical romance in the old style: multigenerational, multi-narrative, intercontinental, laden with back stories and historical research, moving between scrupulous detail and sweeping panoramas, the first-person voice and a kaleidoscopic third, melodrama and satire, Cleveland in 1933 and Moscow in 2008. It contains a wartime romance, a gulag redemption story, a kleptocratic […]
Everything, Everything
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Red Queen
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Glass Sword
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The Sun Is Also a Star
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All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
“Stratton tells his epic story in the memoir All the Gallant Men. … Stratton would have been among the 1,177 USS Arizona shipmates — out of 1,511 aboard — who perished if not for a nail-biting escape.” (New York Post)
Dishing Up Death
Kitty Karlyle is a young gourmet pet chef. She does not prepare meals for the rich and famous. She prepares meals for the pampered pets of the rich and famous. Kitty lives in L.A. A graduate of a top culinary arts school, Kitty's passion for food and pets has led her to create her own […]
The Mistress
Natasha Leonova’s beauty saved her life. Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire, she has lived for seven years under his protection, immersed in rarefied luxury, while he pursues his activities in a dark world that she guesses at but never sees. Her home is the world, often on one of Vladimir […]
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
“Extraordinary…hilarious…Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time¯and an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge past and future. ¯Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed)