The Eleventh Commandment
Novel set in the late twentieth century. The protagonist, Connor Fitzgerald, is a Vietnam War veteran and, years later, a valuable CIA agent. He is married to Maggie and they have a daughter, Tara, who is...
Fiction
The Grand Sophy
Sophia's father has to travel to Brazil and leaves his daughter in charge with her sister in a large family and asks her to find her a husband. The months she lives there are chaotic because she wants to...
Murder a la Richelieu
Blackmon (1893-1943) is an American writer in the style of Agatha Christie. The novel takes us to a hotel in a southern city where a murder is committed. The police prevent the residents from leaving the...
Mightier than the Sword
This gripping story takes place in London of the 1960’s. It tells of a powerful and talented family, the Cliftons, and their private lives and professional aspirations. Central to the story is Henry Clifton...
Best Kept Secret
The third took in the Clifton Chronicles covers the life and dramas of two families – the Barrington’s - Giles and his sister Grace and the Cliftons, related by the marriage of Emma Barrington to Harry...
The Gold Bug
The author wrote extraordinary stories and this is undoubtedly one of them. Its protagonist is William Legrand, a passionate entomologist. Together with a servant named Jupiter, they live on an island off...
A Most Agreeable Murder
Beatrice Steele lives in the small town of Swampshire in the English countryside and dreams of solving crimes. Her mother's only obsession is to get good matches for her daughters. During the big autumn...
Deep Blue
"Led only by her shadowy dreams and pursued by the invading army, Serafina and her best friend Neela embark on a quest to avenge her parents' death and prevent a war between the mer nations. In the process...
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter
In 1901 a story called That Naughty Rabbit was published. It instantly became a best seller. This and the twenty-two little books that followed constitute one of the most prestigious collections of children...
Master and Commander
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between...