When a schoolboy's prank escalates into a temple defilement and his own teacher's kidnapping, seven young Roman sleuths must race against time and confusing clues to unmask the true culprit before their friend is condemned.
When Captain Chris Baldry returns from the WWI trenches with amnesia, his family faces a painful choice between his forgotten past and the harsh present, offering a hopeful look at healing.
Sent to live with her reclusive great-aunts, a rebellious orphan discovers a hidden world of magical whispers and spectral guardians behind the attic walls, offering her a chance at belonging.
In a Gilded Age ballroom, a socialite's debut unravels when a genuine connection and a jealous rival force her to choose between expectation and the freedom of true love.
Johannes and Victoria, childhood sweethearts from different social classes, are kept apart by duty and circumstance, their enduring love only revealed in Victoria's dying confession.
In snow-covered revolutionary Russia, a girl trained to return tamed wolves to the wild must now unleash her own fierce spirit to survive the Russian Army's pursuit and protect everyone she cares about.
A brilliant Palestinian boy seeks to free his imprisoned father and restore his family's hope in a village scarred by occupation, finding triumph and spiritual renewal amid escalating conflict.
Anthony Doerr tells stories of forgotten pasts, lingering ghosts, and the human search for meaning and connection across continents and through history.
In a 1920s Nigerian village, an Ibo chief, torn between his priestly duties to an ancient deity and the encroaching British colonial power, inadvertently sacrifices his own son to the clash of worlds.
A dying woman's cassette tapes unravel a sixty-year saga of family secrets, betrayal, and the enduring, often tragic, legacy of motherhood across three generations of English women.
Seven Victorian schoolgirls, fearing their academy's closure after their headmistress and her brother are poisoned, conspire to hide the murders amidst a farcical web of mistaken identities and outrageous antics.
When a republican government exiles the British royal family to a housing estate, Queen Elizabeth II must navigate poverty, public transport, and self-sufficiency, forcing her to confront whether royalty is a birthright or just a facade.
Under the oppressive thumb of Japanese occupation during WWII, a Korean brother and sister fight to retain their heritage and protect their family, even as their names, language, and country are stripped away.
In the cutthroat world of post-Civil War finance, Frank Cowperwood, a ruthless broker based on C. T. Yerkes, manipulates his way to the top with the unwavering support of his mistress, exposing the corrupt underbelly of wealth acquisition.
On a Pliocene Earth ruled by alien Tanu, King Aiken Drum, who freed enslaved humans, faces his greatest challenge against Marc Remillard, a powerful being known as The Adversary, whose past nearly destroyed a galactic empire.
Swept from her New Hampshire home by an Indian raid in 1754, Miriam endures a harrowing march through the wilderness, only to find an unexpected world of intrigue and surprising choices awaiting her in French Montreal, far from her beloved and all she once knew.
When his treasonous brother escapes a military super-prison, investigator John Puller must navigate a nationwide manhunt, government secrets, and a deceptive partner to learn the truth behind his brother's conviction before others silence him.
A contemporary girl uncovers her grandfather's coded past, revealing a harrowing tale of wartime love, espionage, and betrayal in Nazi-occupied Holland that connects her to a legacy of secrets.
In 1965 Alabama, a woman escapes her abusive husband for Hollywood stardom with his severed head in a hatbox, while her nephew navigates racial injustice and murder in their small, seething town.
In colonial Nigeria, Nnu Ego's devotion to motherhood becomes a heartbreaking journey of sacrifice, leaving her isolated and unfulfilled despite her large family.
A retired assassin, now a barbecue joint owner, must balance her quest for revenge against the Fire elemental who murdered her family with protecting her secret identity and newfound connection to her detective sister, all while navigating a city full of supernaturally powerful foes and unexpected allies.
