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THE STRANGE FATE OF KITTY EASTON, by Elizabeth Speller

September 15, 2012

ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL MYSTERY set in a stately English manor haunted by World War I–and by family secrets.

Grade: SOLID B

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-strange-fate-of-kitty-easton-elizabeth-speller/1104512941?ean=9780547547527
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012

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THE QUEEN’S LOVER, by Francine du Plessix Gray

September 14, 2012

MARIE ANTOINETTE’S LOVER, Swedish diplomat Axel von Fersen, is brought to life in a complex fictional memoir.

Grade: SOLID B

THE QUEEN'S LOVER
Penguin
2012

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INNOCENT VICTIMS, by Minette Walters

September 9, 2012

TWO ENGROSSING NOVELLAS from one of the UK’s star crime writers, Minette Walters. Complex and entertaining!

Grade: SOLID B

INNOCENT VICTIMS: TWO NOVELLAS
Mysterious Press
2012

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WAITING FOR SUNRISE, by William Boyd

September 7, 2012

EXTRAORDINARY, RIVETING NOVEL from the incomparable William Boyd: great historical fiction, great spy yarn.

Grade: SOLID A

WAITING FOR SUNRISE
Harper
2012

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THE NERUDA CASE, by Roberto Ampuero

August 22, 2012

GORGEOUS, ELEGAIC PRIVATE-EYE yarn captures the spirit of 1970s Chile–with poet Pablo Neruda as the client!

Grade: B PLUS

THE NERUDA CASE
Penguin
2012

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THE GODS OF GOTHAM, by Lyndsay Faye

August 20, 2012

INTRICATE, DETAIL-RICH MYSTERY set in 1845 New York paints a vivid picture of the changing city. Haunting!

Grade: A MINUS

THE GODS OF GOTHAM
Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books
2012

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THE UNRULY PASSIONS OF EUGENIE R., by Carole DeSanti

August 13, 2012

LUSH HISTORICAL NOVEL follows the career of a 19th century French courtesan, artists’ model, and survivor.

Grade: B PLUS

THE UNRULY PASSIONS OF EUGENIE R.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012

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THE CHEMISTRY OF TEARS, by Peter Carey

August 2, 2012

METICULOUSLY CRAFTED NOVEL explores the appeal of technology, difficulty of love in modern and Victorian times.

Grade: B PLUS

THE CHEMISTRY OF TEARS
Knopf
2012

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GATHERING OF WATERS, by Bernice L. McFadden

July 27, 2012

ELEGAIC, MOVING RE-IMAGINING of the lives of Emmett Till, the girl who loved him, and her family. A triumph.

Grade: A MINUS

GATHERING OF WATERS
Akashic Books
2012

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WATERGATE, by Thomas Mallon

July 10, 2012

ENTHRALLING RECREATION OF the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, with vivid characterizations, detail.

Grade: A MINUS

WATERGATE: A NOVEL
Pantheon
2012

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