Historical Fiction

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“a rich historical tapestry of words.”

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A priceless Cezanne, the centerpiece of a special exhibition at a prestigious San Francisco art museum, is discovered to be a forgery.

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“All things truly wicked start from an innocence.”  —Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

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“superb characters, the complex and convoluted plot, and the vividly rendered setting lift this historical mystery into the realm of literary fiction.”

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For a neophyte novelist, this story is superb.”

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“This is only Mr Lynch’s second novel, but to read it is to relax into the reassuring embrace of a master storyteller.”

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“powerful.”

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Images are so clear it’s hard to believe you’re not in the story yourself, and people are so well drawn you’d swear you know them personally.”

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To read this novel is to feel the wonder of life anew and to become, however momentarily, a better person.”

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Elizabeth Berg fans know her talent for creating gripping and relatable contemporary characters with their recognizable struggles and emotional ups and downs. In The Dream Lover, Ms.

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“an absolutely phenomenal book.”

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“a beautifully written story that takes some effort to buy into. If you can flow with its subtle pace, then a satisfying read follows . . .”

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Early in this novel, when Poxl West—the putative author of this supposed World War II memoir—is giving a book reading, an audience member asks, “Mr.

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In this enticing historical novel about the French designer Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf meets Maria Duenas’s heroine in the well-received and compelling 2014 novel, The Time In Between.

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The Orphan Sky adroitly marries Cold War history with intrigue and young love.”

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Ndibe is a writer’s writer, and this book is a lesson in the art of the novel.”

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“Heather Webb’s emotionally charged novel and rich language mirror Camille Claudet’s talent as a sculptor.”

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“the effort of reading The Wall will enlarge our understanding [of the Holocaust and its aftermath].”

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“a very good book . . .  an accessible and informative treatment of an important period and topic.”

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“For about the last ten years British writing has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance in literary fiction. Long may this movement flourish.

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“This ambitious but beautifully executed historical novel captures the life and times of half a millennium ago, and with the above parallels, draws us closer to today’s publishing revolutio

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Tita is not an exercise in blind nostalgia for a lost past. It is a rich and warm, yet open-eyed portrait of a place and time just beyond our current reach.

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“The series is renowned for its accurate and often devastating presentation of Victorian London—a world of stark polarities between rich and poor.”

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“Although Back Channel is about thwarting the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is also about Margo navigating U.S. racial dynamics of the 1960s.”

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“Zimler’s character development is electrifying, and his plot rolls along ever faster into the depths of fear.

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