A Cold Day In Paradise
The New Health Care System
Thomas Cromwell : the Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister
Library Journal The reign of Henry VIII (1509?47) changed England forever. His unrelenting pursuit of a divorce from a wife whose sin was to fail to bear him a son led to the creation of an English church, no longer subject to the papacy. Administrative changes strengthened and modernized government. In both arenas these changes […]
Scent of Murder
Assegai
Robert Conroy – Library Journal The world is on the brink of World War I in Smith's epic of the Dark Continent. Big-game hunter and British army reserve officer Leon Courtney (of the Courtney family, last depicted by Smith in The Triumph of the Sun) also spies for the British in this graphic, colorful, and […]
Bamboo and Blood
Jo Ann Vicarel – Library Journal: In 1997, while the people of North Korea wait to see if the new dictator will be able to step into his father's shoes, Inspector O (A Corpse in the Koryo; Hidden Moon) has been told to write a report on a murdered woman but has received no information […]
Down River
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Hart surpasses his bestselling debut, The King of Lies (2006), with his richly atmospheric second novel, which offers a tighter plot, more adroit pacing and less angst. Five years earlier, Adam Chase was arrested for murder, largely on the basis of his stepmother's sworn testimony against him. He was acquitted, […]
The Living Great Lakes : Searching For the Heart of the Inland Seas
Playing the Moldovans At Tennis
The Quest
Publisher Weekly Review: Fans of bestseller Smith's ancient Egyptian series will welcome the fourth book in the saga, which picks up where Warlock (2001) left off. The powerful magus Taita and his loyal ally, Col. Meren Cambyses, have returned to Egypt after a journey of many years only to find the country beset by a […]