- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story—a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah’s Book Club. Both highly suspenseful and deeply moving, The Deep End of...
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- Location(s): Malmö, Sweden
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ulf Varg works in Malmo’s Department of Sensitive Crimes. Like all Scandinavian detectives he has his issues. In his case these include his unresolved feelings for his colleague, Anna; his impatience over the seeming incompetence of his irritating colleague...
- Location(s): Ohio
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
In Knockemstiff, Ohio, war veteran Willard can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from a slow death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his ‘prayer log’. Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial...
- Location(s): The Indian Ocean, The Atlantic
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1630s
An impossible murder A remarkable detective duo A demon who may or may not exist It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial...