Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
Set on a fictional Welsh island in 1938, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor introduces its reader to eighteen-year-old Manod Llan, a lifelong islander, who feels a deep attachment to her small...
Tagged: Historical Fiction
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Anyone who has ever watched a film with time-travel, or read a book with time-travel, or dissociated on a delayed public transport vehicle by considering the concept of time-travel, will know...
Clear by Carys Davies
“The Welsh writer Carys Davies has, over the course of three impeccably elegant novels to date, revealed herself as a model of restraint. Each book has been short and concise, with...
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
This novel is a swashbuckling success! Here are just a few reasons why I highly recommend it. Now, from what she could glean from the idle chatter of those passing through,...
Beloved by Toni Morrison
“Something that is loved is never lost.” ― Toni Morrison, Beloved In observation of Banned Books Week 2023, I decided to treat myself and reread Beloved by my favorite author, Toni...
Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March
Indian American author Nev March’s debut novel, Murder in Old Bombay, is the winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award and a nominee for both an...
Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger
Is it the rolling of thunder that scares you?Is it the crashing of clouds that hold fear?But all I know as I sit in a corner aloneIt takes me back to...
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
When American Dirt was published by Flatiron books (a division of Macmillan), there was a storm of protest from hundreds of writers. One of their many concerns involved the discriminatory practices...
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The crime at the heart of this novel occurs in 1826 in London: Frannie Langton is accused of the brutal double murder of her employers George Benham, who is a famous...
