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Historical Fiction

Cover of The Cost of Living and Other Mysteries
Fic­tion
The Cost of Liv­ing and Oth­er Mysteries
Saul Gol­ub­cow
Cover of The Stockwell Letters
Fic­tion
The Stock­well Letters
Jacque­line Friedland
Cover of Nermina's Chance
Fic­tion
Ner­mi­na’s Chance
Dina Green­berg
Cover of Half Notes from Berlin: A Coming of Age Story Set in 1933 Berlin
Fic­tion
Half Notes from Berlin: A Com­ing of Age Sto­ry Set in 1933 Berlin
B.V. Glants
Cover of Coco At The Ritz
Fic­tion
Coco At The Ritz
Gioia Dilib­er­to
Cover of Bessie: A Novel
Fic­tion
Bessie: A Novel
Lin­da Kass
Cover of The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
Fic­tion
The Curi­ous Spell of Madam Genova
J.G. Schwartz
Cover of The Sweet Fragrance of Life: & Other Horror Stories
Fic­tion
The Sweet Fra­grance of Life: & Oth­er Hor­ror Stories
Eliz­a­beth Schwartz
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Fic­tion
Of Lessons Lost
Fred Sny­der
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Fic­tion
The Third Man
Ran­dolph Splitter
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Fic­tion
Sun­set Empire
Josh Weiss
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Fic­tion
A Requiem for Hania
Greg Din­ner
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Fic­tion
A Sky Full of Song
Susan Lynn Meyer
Cover of The Uniform
Fic­tion
The Uni­form
G. Gru­en
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Fic­tion
Rebec­ca of Saler­no: A Nov­el of Rogue Cru­saders, a Jew­ish Female Physi­cian, and a Murder
Esther Erman
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Fic­tion
Liv’s Secrets
Janet Levine
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