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As Europe collapses under Nazi power, one man is pulled into a mission where loyalty and deception become impossible to separate.
The Tristan Betrayal
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Military Thriller · Political Thriller · World War 2
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As Europe collapses under Nazi power, one man is pulled into a mission where loyalty and deception become impossible to separate. Stephen Metcalfe travels from occupied Paris to wartime Moscow, where espionage, political danger, and a former love with uncertain allegiances threaten to undo him. This historical thriller builds its tension through shifting loyalties, wartime intrigue, and the personal cost of betrayal.
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A Nazi assassin haunts Russia in this World War II–era thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Bourne Identity.
In the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power—France is occupied, Britain is enduring the Blitz and is under the threat of invasion, America is neutral, and Russia is in an uneasy alliance with Germany. Stephen Metcalfe, the younger son of a prominent American family, is a well-known man about town in occupied Paris. He's also a minor asset in the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, it falls to Metcalfe to instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. Now he must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former love—a fiery ballerina whose own loyalties are in question—in a delicate dance that could destroy all he loves and honors.
"The fast-paced plot reflects Ludlum's genuine knack for constructing good stories . . . this is one of the better novels published under the Ludlum name." —Booklist
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When the land stops giving, survival becomes a test of pride, endurance, and what a family can bear without breaking.
The Time It Never Rained
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Western
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When the land stops giving, survival becomes a test of pride, endurance, and what a family can bear without breaking. In The Time It Never Rained, Charlie Flagg faces the relentless drought crushing 1950s West Texas, refusing outside aid even as the cost of holding on grows steeper. It reads as a stark, character-driven western about resilience, stubbornness, and life shaped by an unforgiving landscape.
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Winner of the Spur and Western Heritage Award for Best Western Novel. "One of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century." —Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction
"The Time It Never Rained was inspired by actual events, when the longest and most severe drought in living memory pressed ranchers and farmers to the outer limits of courage and endurance." —Elmer Kelton, Seven-time Spur Award–winning author
Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce.
And Rio Seco, meaning "dry river" in Spanish, symbolizes the biggest enemy of the ranchers and farmers in 1950s Texas, an enemy they can't control: drought. To cranky Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a battle that he must fight on his own grounds. Refusing the questionable "assistance" of federal aid programs and their bureaucratic regulations, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again—if it ever rains again.
Charlie Flagg, among the strongest of Elmer Kelton's memorable creations, is no pasteboard hero. He is courageous and self-sufficient but as real as his harsh and unforgiving West Texas home country. His battle with an unfathomable foe is the stuff of epics and legends.
"Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page." —Dee Brown, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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As Europe edges toward war, suspicion spreads faster than loyalty and no one in intelligence can be trusted.
Every Spy a Traitor
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · Spy Thriller · World War 2
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As Europe edges toward war, suspicion spreads faster than loyalty and no one in intelligence can be trusted. Every Spy a Traitor follows a young British writer drawn into a hunt for Soviet agents, only to find himself trapped in a world of divided allegiances and shifting identities. This is historical spy fiction with mounting paranoia, political danger, and the moral instability that defines the best espionage novels.
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A Financial Times Best Book of 2024'One of the superstars of modern spy fiction' Daily Express
'One of the best spy novels I've read' I. S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow
'Gerlis is at the top of his game' Paul Vidich, author of Beirut Station
Trust no one. Suspect everyone.
It's 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin's Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is.
As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent 'Archie', and there's a frantic search to find them. What they don't know is that he is not the only traitor.
The life of Charles Cooper, a young British writer travelling Europe to research his novel, is about to change for ever
The thrilling first novel in Alex Gerlis' new Double Agent espionage series, perfect for fans of Charles Cumming and Mick Herron.
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Disaster arrives with terrifying speed, but its human cost keeps unfolding long after the explosion itself.
Chernobyl
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller
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Disaster arrives with terrifying speed, but its human cost keeps unfolding long after the explosion itself. In Chernobyl, Frederik Pohl turns a real nuclear catastrophe into a tense, immersive novel shaped by technical detail and personal consequence. This works as disaster fiction with historical weight, capturing fear, confusion, and the scale of lives altered by a single irreversible event.
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The Hugo and Nebula award-winning author presents a "gripping and vivid" fictional account of the worst nuclear disaster in human history (Kirkus).
Chernobyl: The very name conjures the terror of nuclear catastrophe. On April 26, 1986, a power surge caused an explosion that spewed radioactive steam into the air. More than four thousand people died, as many as a half-million had potentially cancer-causing exposure, and the surrounding city became a toxic wasteland in which nothing could live. When the Chernobyl plant was destroyed, the scenario many had feared became a sudden and terrifying reality.
Frederik Pohl's novel about this disaster was written months after the tragic events. He had the cooperation of many people inside the USSR with access to technical information and first-person accounts of the events. This fictional account vividly brings to life the most tragic nuclear event in human history, only one of two level-7 nuclear accidents, along with the Fukushima disaster of 2011.
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It fits readers who want romantic tension, class conflict, and a Dickens-inspired historical retelling.
Olivia Twist
Teen + Young Adult · Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · Historical Thriller
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A hidden past collides with high society in Olivia Twist, where survival instincts and stolen identities refuse to stay buried. Olivia has built a new life after years on London’s streets, but her loyalty to the children she left behind and her growing connection with Jack threaten everything she has tried to become. It fits readers who want romantic tension, class conflict, and a Dickens-inspired historical retelling.
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Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the "proper" life she has built for herself, while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn't like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future.
Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. But she can’t seem to escape her past … or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble to survive.
Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London's East End to become the adopted "nephew" of a society matron. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger, and that he and his “aunt” are robbing them blind every chance they get. When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Why is a society girl helping a bunch of homeless orphan thieves? Even more intriguing, why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew? Jack finds himself wondering if going legit and risking it all might be worth it for love.
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Sydney Green has watched her Brooklyn neighborhood change piece by piece, but in When No One Is Watching, gentrification starts to feel a lot more sinister than rising…
When No One Is Watching
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Sydney Green has watched her Brooklyn neighborhood change piece by piece, but in When No One Is Watching, gentrification starts to feel a lot more sinister than rising rents and shiny condos. As neighbors disappear and the truth grows harder to pin down, Sydney and the man next door spiral into a tense, paranoid search for what is really happening on their block. Sharp, unsettling, and packed with social commentary, this psychological thriller knows exactly how to make your skin crawl.
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An instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
"I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read." – Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
*A Marie Claire Book Club Pick*
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping psychological thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, a suspenseful novel of social commentary where the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning…
Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo.
But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised.
When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear?
Featured in Parade, Essence, Bustle, Popsugar, Elle, Shondaland, Marie Claire, Buzzfeed, Entertainment Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Brit + Co, Real Simple, Lit Hub, Crime Reads, Blavity, Ms. Magazine, Hello Giggles, The New York Times, Town & Country, Newsweek, New York Post, Refinery29, Woman's World, Washington Post, the Skimm, Book Riot, Bookish, Huffington Post, and more!
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It fits readers who want gothic historical fiction with supernatural tension, domestic control, and a woman clawing her way toward her own power.
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
Thriller · Historical Fiction · Horror · Historical Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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A murdered girl, a fever, and voices no one believes are a great way to ruin the illusion of a perfect 1950s marriage. In The Devil and Mrs. Davenport, Loretta’s growing psychic abilities pull her toward the dead and away from the rigid life her husband expects her to keep. It fits readers who want gothic historical fiction with supernatural tension, domestic control, and a woman clawing her way toward her own power.
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The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman under pressure—from the living and the dead.
The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices.
Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquility—until a local girl is murdered and Loretta begins receiving messages from beyond. Pete dismisses them as delusions of a fevered female imagination. Loretta knows they’re real—and frightening.
Defying Pete’s demands, Loretta finds an encouraging supporter in parapsychologist Dr. Curtis Hansen. He sees a woman with a rare gift, more blessing than curse. With Dr. Hansen’s help, Loretta’s life opens up to an empowering new purpose. But for Pete, the God-fearing image he’s worked so hard to cultivate is under threat. No longer in control of his dutiful wife, he sees the Devil at work.
As Loretta’s powers grow stronger and the pleading spirits beckon, Pete is determined to deliver his wife from evil. To solve the mysteries of the dead, Loretta must first save herself.
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This will appeal to readers who want historical suspense about domestic expectations, identity, memory, and psychological instability.
The Mad Wife
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Women's Fiction
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Lulu Mayfield has spent years becoming the ideal 1950s housewife, but her carefully constructed life begins to unravel after her daughter’s birth and the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor. As Lulu investigates Bitsy’s secrets, suppressed memories return and she begins questioning her own mind. This will appeal to readers who want historical suspense about domestic expectations, identity, memory, and psychological instability.
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and the lies we live.
They called it hysteria. She called it survival.
Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy, her household running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu's carefully crafted life begins to unravel.
When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman's constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew—and soon, others begin questioning her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of discovering a reality too terrifying to accept?
In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won't want to put it down.
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Waking up after an air raid to find your husband and baby are supposedly dead is bad enough.
Looking for Alice
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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Waking up after an air raid to find your husband and baby are supposedly dead is bad enough. Seeing your husband alive days later is where things get truly unhinged. Looking for Alice drops readers into Blitz-era Bristol with grief, suspicion, and a newborn mystery that keeps spiraling outward. As Jo chases the truth through blackout streets and mounting chaos, the story layers wartime tension with deception, murder, and a conspiracy dark enough to threaten far more than one family.
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Jo Wheeler has spent days lying unconscious in hospital. When she wakes up she is told that her husband, Jack, and baby daughter, Emmy, have been killed in the same air raid that should have killed her too.
Stricken with guilt, she visits her family’s hastily dug graves, only to meet a man who looks just like her husband.
Who is this double calling himself Jack Wheeler?
Why does he run away?
Is this a case for the police or a priest?
Jo follows Jack to the Sherwood Tavern where he meets up with an eighteen-year-old girl called Alice. Is his death a hoax so that he can run away with his new lover? In the teenager’s arms is a newborn baby.
Before Jo can get to the truth she loses track of Alice and her child in the blackout, as the blitz on Bristol resumes.
She must find where her rival has gone.
She must do so before the police.
Because DI Lockett and Detective Frances Boulten are looking for Alice too – they have found a baby girl floating in the river which they think is hers. Did a falling bomb separate mother and child, or did someone deliberately abandon her?
Jo does not know it yet, but this is only the beginning. A shadowy organisation called The New Right Club has plans to use Alice in a crime that will shock the nation.
It will take place in a few days.
If Alice is innocent, then her life is in danger too…
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In 1935 Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff is tasked with solving the murder of a young English woman while navigating a city tightening under Nazi control.
Munich Wolf
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · World War 2
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In 1935 Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff is tasked with solving the murder of a young English woman while navigating a city tightening under Nazi control. In Munich Wolf, the investigation pulls him toward the highest levels of power, where every answer puts him in greater danger. This historical thriller delivers atmosphere, political tension, and a murder case made even deadlier by the regime closing in around it.
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'An atmospheric and gripping standalone thriller' - THE TIMES
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant standalone crime novel set in 1930s Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff must walk a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the Nazi party he despises.
MUNICH, 1935 - The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars.
What they don't see - or choose to ignore - is the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home.
When a high-born English girl is murdered, Detective Sebastian Wolff is ordered to solve the crime. Wolff is already walking a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the political party he abhors. Now Hitler is taking a personal interest in the case.
Followed by the secret police and threatened by his own son, a fervent member of the Hitler Youth, the stakes have never been higher. And when Wolff begins to suspect that the killer might be linked to the highest reaches of the Nazi hierarchy, he fears his task is simply impossible - and that he might become the next victim.
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A young woman vanishes in 1799 Manhattan, and her death ignites a trial that will reshape a nation’s rivals.
The Girl from Greenwich Street
Thriller · Mystery · Historical Thriller
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A young woman vanishes in 1799 Manhattan, and her death ignites a trial that will reshape a nation’s rivals. In The Girl from Greenwich Street, the real-life murder of Elma Sands draws Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr into an uneasy alliance as they defend the accused. Blending courtroom drama with political intrigue, this historical novel explores ambition, reputation, and justice at America’s uneasy dawn.
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“This is historical fiction at its best.” —Book Reporter
Based on the true story of a famous trial, this gripping historical mystery is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone—and no one—seemed to know.
At the start of a new century, a shocking murder in 1800s New York transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows.
Just before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin’s boarding house—and doesn’t come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows—until her body appears in the Manhattan Well.
Her family insists they know who killed her. Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma.
But privately, quietly, Levi’s wealthy brother calls in a special favor….
Aaron Burr’s legal practice can’t finance both his expensive tastes and his ambition to win the 1800 New York elections. To defend Levi Weeks is a double win: a hefty fee plus a chance to grab headlines.
Alexander Hamilton has his own political aspirations; he isn’t going to let Burr monopolize the public’s attention. If Burr is defending Levi Weeks, then Hamilton will too. As the trial and the election draw near, Burr and Hamilton race against time to save a man’s life—and destroy each other.
Part murder mystery, part political thriller, part true crime, The Girl From Greenwich Street revisits a dark corner of history—with a surprising twist ending that reveals the true story of the woman at the center of the tale.
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When a beloved television presenter stands over a dead body and refuses to explain herself, the truth fractures along the lines of friendship and power.
What Happens in the Dark
Mystery · Historical Thriller
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When a beloved television presenter stands over a dead body and refuses to explain herself, the truth fractures along the lines of friendship and power. As Lily pleads not guilty, disgraced journalist Safa investigates the bruises, the silence, and the night that changed everything. What Happens in the Dark is a courtroom crime thriller that blends domestic suspense with sharp social scrutiny.
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Don’t miss the brand-new gripping thriller and courtroom drama full of twists and turns that will keep you up at night!
‘An impeccable blend of courtroom drama, mystery thriller and social commentary … a true masterpiece’ Andrea Mara
'Timely … Suspenseful and unpredictable' iPaper
'A brilliantly thought-provoking read' Crime Monthly
'The kind of crime fiction that eventually becomes social history' Literary Review
Lily and Safa were best friends growing up. Now, Lily is the nation’s favourite breakfast TV presenter and Safa, once a renowned journalist, is reeling from a recent fall from grace.
When news breaks about suspicious bruises on Lily’s body, Safa attempts to rekindle their old friendship. But Lily claims the bruises are nothing to worry about.
And then one night the police are called to Lily’s home. Lily is strangely calm – and a body lies dead at her feet.
Lily pleads not guilty, and then says nothing more. Driven by her desire to give a voice to all victims, Safa begins her own investigation into what happened that night.
But Safa is not prepared for what her quest for justice will uncover …
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