Listed below are a few examples of some of the topics and suggestions you'll find.
Fiction
If you like…
Knight Errant by R. Garcia Y Robertson
Traveling in Britain near the border between England and Wales, a young American woman is swept back in time to the era of the War of the Roses and falls in love with a young knight, a prince destined to become king.
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
Hired by the head of Chicago's biggest bank to find his son's missing girlfriend, private investigator V.I. Warshawski soon finds herself up against the worst of the city's white-collar criminals in a fight to save the life of an innocent young woman.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Macon Dead, Jr., called Milkman, son of the richest Negro in town, moves from childhood into early manhood, searching, among the disparate, mysterious members of his family, for his life and reality.
Guenevere by Rosalind Miles
A feminist retelling of the Arthurian legend is seen through the eyes of its heroine, Queen Guenevere, who is courageous and beautiful even when she is forced to choose between her king and the noble knight Sir Lancelot.
The Inner Circle by Mari Jungstedt
Working on an archaeological dig on the Swedish island of Gotland, a group of students becomes caught up in a web of horror when a young woman turns up dead, naked, and hanging from a tree, the victim of a ritual killing, as Inspector Knutas races against time to find the link between the victim and other local violence.
In the Carolinas of 1699, a traveling magistrate and his clerk, Matthew,
arrive in Fount Royal to hold a trial for an accused witch, a beautiful
young woman named Rachel Howarth, a trial that reveals that Fount Royal
has become a battleground between good and evil and that not even the
innocent are safe.
Nonfiction
If you like…
Falling in Honey byJennifer Barclay
After a breakup with her boyfriend turns her world upside down, the author decides to go to the Greek island of Tilos and manages to regain her sense of self and happiness in the island's natural beauty and simple way of life.
Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson
After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and and her dog Puzzle's adventures and the complex relationship they forge as they help in the pursuit and recovery of people who have fallen prey to crime, misadventure, or catastrophe.
Cold Water Crossing by David Faxon
When three women were unexpectedly left alone on Smuttynose Island, ten miles off the coast of Maine where it borders with New Hampshire, a killer saw an opportunity, and did the unthinkable. He rowed ten miles out to sea on a freezing night and committed murders that have become legend in New England crime annals. One woman survived the brutal assault and narrowly escaped his clutches as she hid among rocks. This is the frightening story of what happened the night of March 5, 1873 on a lonely coastal island and what followed in the days and months after.
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