Jennie Fields, "Atomic Love" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020)
Inspired by Leona Woods, the only woman who worked on the Manhattan Project, Atomic Love (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) tells the story of Rosalind Porte...
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P. K. Adams, "Midnight Fire" (Iron Knight Press, 2020)
Most novels about the sixteenth century written in English take place in Italy, France, or England—with the occasional foray into Spain or Portugal. P...
Linda Stewart Henley, "Estelle" (She Writes Press, 2020)
Most people think of Edgar Degas as a French painter of ballerinas. But few have heard that his mother came from New Orleans or that he spent five mon...
Bryn Turnbull, "The Woman before Wallis" (Mira Books, 2020)
Most modern Americans can identify the names Wallace Simpson and Gloria Vanderbilt. But Simpson was not the first divorced American to win the heart o...
John DeSimone, "Road to Delano" (Rare Bird Books, 2020)
In John DeSimone's Road to Delano (Rare Bird Books, 2020), it's 1968, and Cesar Chavez is organizing the United Farm Workers to fight for decent worki...
Elsa Hart, "The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne" (Minotaur Books, 2020)
Lady Cecily Kay has just returned to England when she encounters Sir Barnaby Mayne. It’s 1703, Queen Anne is on the throne, and London’s coffee houses...
Erika Rummel, "The Road to Gesualdo" (D. X. Varos, 2020)
The Italian Renaissance introduced—or reintroduced—many valuable concepts to society and culture, giving rise eventually to our modern world. But it w...
Bill LeFurgy, "Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore" (High Kicker Books, 2020)
In Bill LeFurgy's Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore (High Kicker Books), Sarah Kennecott is a brilliant young doctor who cares deeply abou...
Will Thomas, "Lethal Pursuit" (Minotaur, 2019)
London, 1892. Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn have been tasked by the Prime Minister to deliver a satchel to the Vatican. The ...
Janie Chang, "The Library of Legends" (William Morrow, 2020)
Perhaps in anticipation of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the armistice, or just the reality that the last survivors will not be with us much longer...