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Best for readers who like action thrillers with dangerous journeys, relentless pursuit, and high-stakes rescues.
The Iron Tiger
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Military Thriller · War Fiction
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From New York Times bestselling author Jack Higgins, former British Navy pilot Jack Drummond is stranded in the Himalayas after his plane is destroyed. Tasked with escorting a sick child to the Indian border alongside a nurse and priest, he discovers the boy is being hunted by men willing to kill. Best for readers who like action thrillers with dangerous journeys, relentless pursuit, and high-stakes rescues.
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A pilot's struggle for survival against both nature and man from the international bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and The Midnight Bell.
Jack Drummond has always flown by his own radar. After getting drummed out of the British Navy, he's made a rough-and-tumble living flying wherever the money takes him. But after one last weapons drop to Tibetan guerillas fighting the Communist Chinese, he's ready to hang up his wings.
Unfortunately, a short stop in the tiny Himalayan country of Balpur ends with his plane in flames and Drummond out of luck—until he's approached with a very strange offer. He must help deliver a sick child over land to the Indian border. It's not his typical job, but it's all he's got. Accompanied by a nurse and an elderly priest, he sets out to make one last delivery.
What Drummond doesn't know is that the boy is no simple mercy case. He's precious cargo. And there are men on his trail who want him badly enough to kill. Now, as war rages around them with their enemies relentlessly on the hunt, only Drummond and his motley band can save an innocent child's life.
This thrilling novel from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Sean Dillon series showcases his natural talent for breakneck pacing, electrifying plot twists, and a story that will keep you guessing until the last bullet is fired.
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A good pick for readers interested in WWII intelligence, military technology, and firsthand wartime accounts.
Most Secret War
Biographies & Memoirs · Historical Fiction · World War 2
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Called “A very compelling read that holds your attention” in a reader review, Most Secret War recounts R.V. Jones’s work in Britain’s Air Ministry intelligence section during World War II. He explains how British scientists countered German radio guidance, detected flying bombs, and used chaff to confuse radar. A good pick for readers interested in WWII intelligence, military technology, and firsthand wartime accounts.
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Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius.
And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.
In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.
Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.
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A strong match for readers who like Western literary horror, isolated settings, and supernatural threats.
In the Valley of the Sun
Horror · Supernatural Horror · Western
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A finalist for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, In the Valley of the Sun follows Travis Stillwell, a West Texas cowboy who develops a monstrous hunger after meeting a mysterious girl. While he hides at Annabelle Gaskin's motel, a Texas Ranger pursues him for his past misdeeds. A strong match for readers who like Western literary horror, isolated settings, and supernatural threats.
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A finalist for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
Deftly written and utterly addictive, this Western literary horror debut will find a home with fans of authors like Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Rice.
One night in 1980, a man becomes a monster.
Haunted by his past, Travis Stillwell spends his nights searching out women in West Texas honky-tonks. What he does with them doesn’t make him proud, just quiets the demons for a little while. But after Travis crosses paths one night with a mysterious pale-skinned girl, he wakes weak and bloodied in his cabover camper the next morning—with no sign of a girl, no memory of the night before.
Annabelle Gaskin spies the camper parked behind her motel and offers the cowboy a few odd jobs to pay his board. Travis takes her up on the offer, if only to buy time, to lay low and heal. By day, he mends the old motel, insinuating himself into the lives of Annabelle and her ten-year-old son. By night, in the cave of his camper, he fights an unspeakable hunger. Before long, Annabelle and her boy come to realize that this strange cowboy is not what he seems.
Half a state away, a grizzled Texas Ranger is hunting Travis for his past misdeeds, but what he finds will lead him to a revelation far more monstrous. A man of the law, he’ll have to decide how far into the darkness he’ll go for the sake of justice.
When these lives converge on a dusty autumn night, an old evil will find new life—and new blood.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy modern Western crime thrillers, small-town mysteries, and lone-wolf justice.
Cast A Long Shadow
Mystery · Thriller · Western
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When former rodeo star Bobby Trent's father, the sheriff of Lodge Pole County, is murdered, Bobby trades his saddle for a badge and joins his Cheyenne blood brother, Lucas Black Kettle, to find the killer. Their investigation leads to heroin trafficking, cartel hitmen, and rumors of his father's corruption. A strong match for readers who enjoy modern Western crime thrillers, small-town mysteries, and lone-wolf justice.
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A former rodeo star turned reluctant sheriff hunts his father’s killers and collides with the cartel in this modern western crime thriller packed with small town grit, lone-wolf justice, and the heavy burden of a family legacy.
He’ll earn his name one bullet at a time
Star high school athlete and pro-rodeo circuit rider “Bad Bobby” Trent lives an unencumbered life. His concentration lasts no more than eight seconds—the time required to ride a bull and win.
But when his father, the legendary sheriff of Lodge Pole County, is gunned down in a roadside ambush, he abandons his saddle for the badge. The only problem? He doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing.
Joining forces with his Cheyenne blood brother, Lucas Black Kettle, to find the killer, he’s quickly thrust into a hornet’s nest of deadly heroin and cartel hitmen.
As the investigation puts a target on his back, sordid rumours suggest that the former sheriff was dirty, paid off by unknown forces. Bobby will risk everything to defend his father’s name, even if it sends him to an early grave…
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Best for readers who like detailed medieval warfare, political rivalries, and the complicated lives of professional soldiers.
The Captain of Venice
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller
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Praised as “The master of historical fiction” by the Sunday Times, Christian Cameron continues William Gold's story as the knight considers retirement after a campaign without pay. The prospect of a truce between France and England, an uprising in Florence, and an offer of captaincy draw him back into military life, along with the chance to reunite with a noblewoman. Best for readers who like detailed medieval warfare, political rivalries, and the complicated lives of professional soldiers.
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The next instalment in the Chivalry series from a master of historical fiction.
The Chivalry series follows William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint John, further disillusion and an eventual career as a professional soldier and knight. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.
After a hard campaign without pay for the Pope and as a pawn in the games between Venice and Genoa, William Gold had considered retiring from military life. But letters intimating the truce between France and England, and the potential uprising of the state of Florence draw him back into the fray. An offer of captaincy from his old commander, and the chance of reuniting with the beautiful noblewoman he had travelled with on his last campaign, bring him back into action.
'One of the finest historical fiction writers in the world' BEN KANE
'The master of historical fiction' SUNDAY TIMES
'A storyteller at the height of his powers' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
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A strong match for readers who enjoy historical mysteries with international intrigue and high-stakes adventure.
Murder in Constantinople
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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Called “A rip-roaring adventure” by the Daily Mail, this historical mystery follows 21-year-old Ben Canaan, whose discovery of a mysterious letter and photograph takes him from 1854 London to Constantinople. With only the words “The White Death” as a clue, Ben investigates grisly murders amid political conspiracy and betrayal. A strong match for readers who enjoy historical mysteries with international intrigue and high-stakes adventure.
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Alfred Hitchcock meets Indiana Jones in this acclaimed, globe-trotting historical mystery about a wayward Jewish kid drawn into a sinister plot
“Impressive. . . Enthralling. . . Goldin brings a long-lost era to life in vivid, evocative detail” — Financial Times
“A rip-roaring adventure. . . A zip-along plot, packed full of political machinations, strange deaths and ruinous romance” — Daily Mail
This entertaining historical mystery is the exciting debut novel from London-based musician and screenwriter A.E. Goldin. Thrillingly paced and with an enchanting historical setting, it launches an unforgettable new hero in a series that provides all the nostalgic reading pleasure of classic Sherlock Holmes.
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London, 1854. 21-year-old Ben Canaan attracts trouble wherever he goes. His father wants him to be a good Jewish son, working for the family business on Whitechapel Road, but Ben and his friends, the 'Good-for-Nothings', just want adventure.
Then the chance discovery of an enigmatic letter and a photograph of a beautiful woman bring Ben an adventure more dangerous than anything he’d imagined. Suddenly he is thrown into the heart of a mystery that takes him away from everything he has known and all the way to Constantinople, the jewel of an empire and the centre of a world on the brink of war.
Ben’s only clue is 3 words: ‘The White Death’. Now he must find what links a string of grisly murders, following a trail through kingmaking and conspiracy, poison and high politics, bloodshed and betrayal. In a city of deadly secrets, no one is safe – and one wrong step could cost Ben his life.
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A good pick for readers who enjoy cozy gothic fantasy, dragons, and mysteries.
Wormwood Abbey
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Fantasy
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In 1899, Victorian clergyman’s daughter Edith Worms travels to a crumbling Yorkshire abbey after receiving a letter from estranged relatives. There, strange creatures, family secrets, her prickly cousin Gwendolyn, and an intriguing neighbor await as Edith discovers she may have a role in guarding her family’s legacy. A good pick for readers who enjoy cozy gothic fantasy, dragons, and mysteries.
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As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap.
When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn't just full of curious beasts and ancient family secrets: there’s also a tall, dark, and entirely too handsome neighbour who is strangely reluctant for her to leave.
An unexpected bond with her prickly cousin Gwendolyn gives Edith a reason to stay in this strange world — especially when it turns out that Edith herself may have a role in guarding her family's legacy.
But not all of the mysteries of Ormdale are small enough to fit in her lap...and some of them have teeth.
WORMWOOD ABBEY, Book 1 of The Secrets of Ormdale, is a cosy gothic novel of mystery, dragons, and the perils of friendship, perfect for fans of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries.
Start exploring the hidden valley of Ormdale in 1899 with WORMWOOD ABBEY, the first in a new 5 book series.
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A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
Burn Down Master’s House
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · People of Color
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An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Burn Down Master's House follows Luke and Henri, two enslaved men seeking escape from a Virginia plantation, and others whose acts of resistance challenge slavery across the American South. Inspired by true stories, the novel also follows Josephine's quiet defiance and Charity Butler's fight for freedom through the courts. A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
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Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they.
Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty. And sure as the fires of hell, Luke and Henri will leave their mark, sparking resistance among the lives they touch…
One is Josephine, a young, sharp, and observant girl who wields silence as her greatest weapon. A witness to Luke and Henri’s resilience, she listens, watches, waits for the moment to make her move.
Then there is Charity Butler, her husband a formerly enslaved man who proved his ferocity as a young boy standing alongside Josephine. At his encouragement, Charity fights for her freedom in court and wins – only to battle a deeply unjust system designed to destroy the life they’ve built.
And finally, there is Nathaniel, who ruthlessly exploits other Black people and mirrors the cruelty of the white men who, like him, are enslavers. A perversion of the system of slavery, his fragile and contradictory rule will become a catalyst of its own.
Inspired by the true stories of the profoundly courageous men and women who dared to fight back, Burn Down Master’s House is a singular tour de force of a novel—breathtaking in scope, compassion, and a timeliness that speaks powerfully to our present era.
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A charming fit for readers who enjoy cozy mysteries, clever amateur sleuths, and royal intrigue with a touch of wit.
The Windsor Knot
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Amateur Sleuths · Cozy Mystery
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Called “Sheer entertainment” by the New York Times Book Review, The Windsor Knot follows Queen Elizabeth II as she secretly investigates the suspicious death of a guest at Windsor Castle in 2016. With help from her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, the Queen quietly searches for answers while MI5 questions the royal household. A charming fit for readers who enjoy cozy mysteries, clever amateur sleuths, and royal intrigue with a touch of wit.
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"Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection." – New York Times Book Review
"[A] pitch-perfect murder mystery… If The Crown were crossed with Miss Marple…, the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit." – Ruth Ware, author of One by One
The bestselling first book in a highly original and delightfully clever cozy mystery series in which Queen Elizabeth II secretly solves crimes while carrying out her royal duties.
It is the early spring of 2016 and Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her 90th birthday celebrations. But the preparations are interrupted by the shocking and untimely death of a guest in one of the Castle bedrooms. The scene leads some to think the young Russian pianist strangled himself, yet a badly tied knot leads MI5 to suspect foul play. When they begin to question the Household’s most loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they’re looking in the wrong place in this puzzling murder mystery.
For the Queen, an amateur sleuth since her teenage years as "Lilibet," has been living an extraordinary double life. Away from the public eye and unbeknownst to her closest friends and advisers, she has the most brilliant skill for solving crimes. With help from her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, a British Nigerian officer recently appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, the Queen discreetly begins making inquiries. As she carries out her royal duties with her usual aplomb, no one in the Royal Household, the government, or the public knows that the resolute Elizabeth won’t hesitate to use her keen eye, quick mind, and steady nerve to bring a murderer to justice.
SJ Bennett captures Queen Elizabeth’s voice with skill, nuance, wit, and genuine charm in this imaginative and engaging mystery that portrays Her Majesty as she’s rarely seen: kind yet worldly, decisive, shrewd, and, most important, a superb judge of character.
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Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
The Queen’s Spy
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Historical Romance
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Called “Utterly beautiful, a real page turner!” in a reader review, The Queen’s Spy moves between 1584, when Queen Elizabeth I’s apothecary Tom serves as a silent spy amid a plot against the throne, and 2021, when Mathilde inherits an English hall hiding secrets. Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
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A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…
1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.
There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…
2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.
Just like Mathilde, the medieval hall she inherits conceals secrets, and she quickly makes a haunting discovery. Can she unravel the truth about what happened there all those years ago? And will she finally find a place to call home?
Enchanting and gripping, The Queen’s Spy effortlessly merges past with present in an unforgettable tale of love, courage and betrayal – perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Kathryn Hughes.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
The Eleventh Man
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “intensely suspenseful and moving” by Scott Turow, The Eleventh Man follows eleven Montana college football teammates whose lives change after Pearl Harbor. While ten serve in World War II, Ben Reinking is assigned to chronicle their experiences for military propaganda, an assignment that brings unexpected love and forces him to confront the risks of war. A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
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After Pearl Harbor, the lives of eleven Montana college football teammates are changed forever in an "intensely suspenseful and moving" novel (Scott Turow).
In the early 1940s, the starting lineup of Treasure State University's football team are local heroes. But as America is pulled into World War II, they feel called to become heroes of another kind.
Now, ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine. He is to chronicle the adventures of his teammates, man by man, for publication in small-town newspapers across the country like the one his father edits. Ready for action, Reinking chafes at the assignment—not knowing that it will bring him love from an unexpected quarter and test the law of averages, which holds that all but one of his teammates should come through the conflict unscathed . . .
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A strong match for readers drawn to bleak historical fiction, family tragedy, and stories of revenge.
The Kept
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · Western
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Called “Dark and mysterious” by The New York Times, The Kept follows midwife Elspeth Howell and her twelve-year-old son Caleb after killers murder her husband and four children on their isolated upstate New York farm in 1897. After Caleb nurses his wounded mother back to health, the two venture into the frozen wilderness to find the men responsible. A strong match for readers drawn to bleak historical fiction, family tragedy, and stories of revenge.
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“Dark and mysterious. . . . A novel whose daring is found in its bleakness. . . . The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy. . . sparse, elegant. . . haunting.” — New York Times
Set in rural New York state at the turn of the twentieth century, superb new talent James Scott makes his literary debut with The Kept—a propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Michael Ondaatje, Cormac McCarthy, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, in which a mother and her young son embark on a quest to avenge a terrible and violent tragedy that has shattered their secluded family.
In the winter of 1897, a trio of killers descends upon an isolated farm in upstate New York. Midwife Elspeth Howell returns home to the carnage: her husband, and four of her children, murdered. Before she can discover her remaining son Caleb, alive and hiding in the kitchen pantry, another shot rings out over the snow-covered valley. Twelve-year-old Caleb must tend to his mother until she recovers enough for them to take to the frozen wilderness in search of the men responsible.
A scorching portrait of a merciless world—of guilt and lost innocence, atonement and retribution, resilience and sacrifice, pregnant obsession and primal adolescence—The Kept introduces an old-beyond-his-years protagonist as indelible and heartbreaking as Mattie Ross of True Grit or Jimmy Blevins of All the Pretty Horses, as well as a shape-shifting mother as enigmatic and mysterious as a character drawn by Russell Banks or Marilynne Robinson.
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