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The War Widow by Tara Moss

28 February, 2024

Billie Walker does not want to accept that she is a war widow, even though it has been a couple of years since she last saw her husband. Nor does she have any intention of working as a reporter for the society pages. She enjoyed…

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Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara

By Sharon Richardson

23 August, 2023

Canada and the United States both share a dark period of history that happened during World War II. Citizens of Japanese descent were ordered to give up their homes and businesses and sent to live in internment camps with harsh living conditions. In 2021, the…

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The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

By Paul Burke

6 March, 2023

Richard Wright is best known for his literary novel Native Son and the bestselling memoir of his early years, Black Boy. The pioneering African American author, born to Mississippi sharecroppers, addressed race and prejudice in his country head on. And racism is the theme of…

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Dancing with Dusty Fossils by Karen Charlton

By DeathBecomesHer

3 January, 2023

We first met Bobbie and Jemma of the York Ladies’ Detective Agency in Smoke and Cracked Mirrors in April 2022, and now the historical crime fiction whirlwind that is Karen Charlton is treating us to book two in the series. Britain is embroiled in World…

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The Garden of Angels by David Hewson

By Paul Burke

17 August, 2022

As the last survivors of the horrors of World War II pass on to the next world, are we in danger of forgetting the Holocaust and therefore its salutary lesson for humanity? That’s the question that underpins this novel and it’s why the dual timeline…

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Interview: Cynthia von Buhler on Minky Woodcock's encounter with Tesla

By crimefictionlover

18 November, 2021

Cynthia von Buhler has an inspiring range of talents. In addition to writing and performing in immersive theatre productions, she’s a fine artist and a writer, and she illustrates her own crime stories. Her favourite milieu is the early 20th century – a period during…

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A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements

By Catherine Turnbull

10 March, 2021

At the centre of the intrigue in each of Rory Clements’ World War II espionage novels sit true historical events. Cambridge history professor Tom Wilde’s task is to step in and save the world from the iron glove of Nazi tyranny. One false move and…

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A first look at Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla

By crimefictionlover

17 February, 2021

After finding herself at the heart of the mystery surrounding the death of Harry Houdini, the woman detective Minky Woodcock returns in a new comic book series set nearly 20 years later and involving another 20th century icon – Nikola Tesla. The first issue of…

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The War Widow by Tara Moss

Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara

The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

Dancing with Dusty Fossils by Karen Charlton

The Garden of Angels by David Hewson

Interview: Cynthia von Buhler on Minky Woodcock's encounter with Tesla

A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements

A first look at Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla

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