A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson
By: Laura Thompson
3.29
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The death penalty is never without its ethical conflicts or moral questions. Never more so than whe…
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By: Dave Cullen
4.29
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
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"The final portrait is often furthest from the truth."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?"-Dave Cullen, Columbine
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2. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
By: Helen Castor
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more
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3. Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages,
It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the … read more
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4. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more
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5. The Life of Elizabeth I
By: Alison Weir
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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6. A Pin To See The Peepshow
By: Elaine Morgan , F. Tennyson Jesse
3.91
Format: 385 pages,
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7. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)
By: Janice Hallett
3.63
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more
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8. The Maiden
By: Kate Foster
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more
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9. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
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"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
10. The House of Mirrors
By: Erin Kelly
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
One of them has killed before. One of them will kill again. In the sweltering summer of 1997, s… read more
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11. Two Wars and a Wedding
By: Lauren Willig
3.89
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig: a dramatic coming-of-age story with a dual ti… read more
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12. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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13. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
By: Hilary Mantel
4.33
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
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14. Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, The Conversations They Spark, we read at school, and Why They Matter
By: Carol Atherton
4.55
Format: 392 pages, ebook
An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives… read more
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15. A Tale of Two Murders (A Dickens of a Crime, #1)
By: Heather Redmond
3.57
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of the Victorian era, London has a new sleuth . . . In the winter of 1835, young Char… read more
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16. The Trial of Lotta Rae
By: Siobhan MacGowan
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Halloween night, 1906. Lotta Rae is assaulted by a wealthy gentleman and bravely takes him to trial… read more
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17. Shy Creatures
By: Clare Chambers
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more
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18. A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson
By: Laura Thompson
3.29
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The death penalty is never without its ethical conflicts or moral questions. Never more so than whe… read more
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19. Small Bomb at Dimperley
By: Lissa Evans
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It's 1945, and Corporal Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is on his way home. But ‘home’ is Dimperl… read more
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20. The Figurine
By: Victoria Hislop
4.14
Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition
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