- Location(s): Southern Italy, Israel
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Rossi & Nero Thrillers Book 1 To the victor go the spoils… Historian Carmen Nero, in southern Italy to help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia. Cesco Rossi,...
- Location(s): Vietnam
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 20th century
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott’s The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural...
- Location(s): Outer Banks, Northern California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Grieving after her father’s death, a young woman seeks solace in an Outer Banks beach town of North Carolina where her best friend’s family runs a small inn. The family welcomes Charlotte with chowder dinners and a cozy room,...
The Saddle Road Samba (Noelani Lee Mysteries Volume 7)
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
To their classmates in the Waiākea High School class of 1995, they were The Triplets—an insular trio of self-absorbed girls who graduated summa cum laude in condescension. Decades later and several years apart, two of them vanish under identical...
- Location(s): Austria, Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Botanist Andreas Bauer, passionate about saffron, plans to reintroduce organic farming of the world’s most expensive spice to a region of Austria now known for its wine. Meeting resistance from vintners, he does research in a local abbey and...