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 | This standalone historical thriller by the author of the Lincoln Rhyme series pits a mobster against the Third Reich. The government sets a trap for Paul Schumann, a German-American hitman for the mob, and once Paul springs it, offers him a choice:... |
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 | In THE BONE GARDEN, bestselling author Tess Gerritsen cleverly intertwines a murderous tale of grave robbers from the 1830’s with the story of a present day woman who has just discovered a human skull buried near her home. Herself a physician,... |
 | In this abridged adaptation of the classic novel, a lonely orphan discovers the wonders of a mysterious garden and befriends her invalid cousin. |
 | In THE VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN, Byatt begins her series of four novels about the startlingly intellectual Potter family. In this first installment, it is the early '50s, the war is just over, and Elizabeth II has just been crowned queen of England. The... |
 | This nonfiction novel about a celebrated Savannah murder case--an upper-crust antiques dealer was accused of shooting his male lover--is also a love song to the city of Savannah. |
 | Set on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920's, this is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman. |
 | The 1889 collapse of a dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania--an accident in which 2200 people were killed--is the focus of this story about the people whose lives were affected by the tragedy. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. |
