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• The Spies of Hartlake Hall

  Graham, R. L.

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  A gripping and evocative historical crime novel set in the closing stages of the First World War. London, 1917. When a man's body is found deep inside Room 40, a highly secretive organization within the Admiralty, intelligence agent Patrick…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• BRAWLER

  GROFF, LAUREN

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  The latest short story collection from the bestselling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies.

• Now I Surrender

  Enrigue, Alvaro

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  Part epic, part alt-Western, Now I Surrender is Álvaro Enrigue’s most expansive and impassioned novel yet. It weaves past and present, myth and history into a searing elegy for a way of life that was an incarnation of true liberty.

• The Versailles Formula

  Bilyeau, Nancy

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  A gripping historical thriller of mystery, deception, and deadly secrets

• The Tarot Reader of Versailles

  Bergman, Anya

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  Truly a rich tapestry that weaves together history, love, and a sprinkle of magic

• Smoke in Berlin

  Ramunno, Oriana, 1980-

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  Berlin, June 1944. Hugo Fischer is forced to work for the Nazi secret service, but he has dangerous secrets he must conceal. The second book in a moving and atmospheric detective series.

• Slow and Secret Poison

  Lowkis, Carmella

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  Tantalising gothic fiction in which a woman fleeing her past accepts a position at a crumbling manor, only to discover she's not the only one with secrets…

• It Girl

  Pataki, Allison

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  A scintillating, fictionalized tale of one of America's first models and superstars. While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn Talbot is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age.

• Night Hag

  Musson, Hester

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  In 1886 Scotland, archaeologist Lil is tormented by nightmares and memories of her medium mother. Seeking help from a mysterious doctor, she’s drawn into a struggle between science and superstition.

• City in Year Zero

  Russell, Michael

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  Germany, 1945. The war is at an end. Irish Garda detective, Stefan Gillespie, is planning to leave the war-torn country and make his way home when he is drawn into a murder inquiry.