This is a post about the international marketplace, book cravings, and impatience. I occasionally purchase historical novels from non-U...

Just over two years ago, I reviewed the third novel of Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton mysteries, Murder in the Afternoon , set in 192...

In her second entertaining novel about the Georgian royals, Laura Purcell explores the complex interdependencies between two intelligent w...

It was hard to get a handle on the plot of The Photographer’s Wife . For a good long while, I felt like I was glimpsing the characters an...

Until I looked around online just now, I hadn't realized there was a literary prize for second novels: the Encore Award , which comes wi...

In this moody historical ghost story, nearly everything – the house at its center, the characters, their relationships – feels slightly ou...

When there are gems like this to be found, it’s no wonder adults get in the habit of raiding bookstores’ YA sections. This lyrical charact...

This multi-generational novel, set between 1892 and 1944, is jointly written by three people, all bestselling authors (and good friends), ...

Opening in Russia in 1911, Midnight in St. Petersburg features a young woman seeking refuge, a tense love triangle, the dangerous stirrin...

Tinted with melancholy and yearning, Golden’s decades-spanning literary romance follows two individuals whose enduring love is tested by t...

Harrigan’s newest epic adds to his reputation as a stellar historical novelist. Set mostly in Illinois in the 1830s and '40s, it takes...

'Tis the season for book prize announcements.  The American Library Association's Midwinter conference wraps up today, and many book...

Set in the 16th century and in modern times, The Debt of Tamar isn’t your standard multi-period novel. Rather than alternating between era...

Back in April of last year, I signed up for the Australian Women Writers Challenge .  Even though I'm not Australian, I'd seen so ...

It seems appropriate that my first post for 2016 is focused on first novels.  Look for these debut historical novels to be published in the ...

In this debut of a new series, Irish novelist Cora Harrison swiftly gets down to business, introducing her sleuth and murder victim with the...