In this disturbing short story collection, Joyce Carol Oates explores the inner lives of vulnerable girls and women.

Using previously classified documents, David Kenyon casts the work of Bletchley Park in a new light, as not just a codebreaking establishment, but as a fully developed intelligence agency, and describes its key role in the success of the Normandy campaign.

From the bestselling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who led the Army of the Potomac.

“[A] massive, elegant study...A staggering work of research by a masterly historian.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

When her sister’s death is dismissed as suicide, Coralee Whitmore vows to uncover the truth, suspecting the notorious Earl of Tremaine. But Corrie finds the earl is not all he seems ... nor is she immune to his charms, however much she despises his caddish ways.

A private investigator partners up with a pretty reporter on a cold case in this romantic suspense from a New York Times bestselling author.

The women of the Cazalet family keep calm and carry on while World War II casts its shadow over England. Confusion beautifully continues the sweeping family epic started in The Light Years and Marking Time, examining the struggles, passions, heartbreaks, and joys of three generations.

“Lush, sprawling escapist fiction of the first order.” —Publishers Weekly

In 1702, Matthew Corbett is tasked with accompanying serial killer Tyranthus Slaughter on a journey from a Philadelphia asylum to the New York City waterfront. But during the trip, Mr. Slaughter tempts Matthew and his colleague Hudson Greathouse with an unexpected offer—leading to catastrophic outcomes.

"Murder and ghoulish mayhem are the order of the day in bestseller McCammon's colorful third thriller featuring problem-solver Matthew Corbett and his escapades in early 18th-century America." —Publishers Weekly

Charlotte’s mother asks for her help finding a lost locket that contains a compromising picture—but neither of them realize the missing jewelry might lead them into a murder case.

The final Sherlock Holmes novel reveals the origins of the infamous sleuth's rivalry with Professor Moriarty. Holmes and Watson put their heads together to solve a mystery that reaches all the way across the Atlantic and proves just how powerful Moriarty’s fiendish influence has grown.

Three sweeping books

The first three novels in the American epic: This multigenerational saga follows the Kent family and their pursuit of a foothold and future in the expanding United States.

Philosopher and literary critic, as well as creator of the popular detective Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton takes us on a journey through history and human civilization in this classic work of lay theology.

#1 New York Times bestselling author

In these timeless stories of the untamed American West, John Jakes thrillingly portrays the harsh realities of life on the frontier with tales of lawmen in the Sierra Nevada, railroad workers in Kansas, and gamblers on the steamboat River Queen.

“At the very heart of every Jakes saga is a story that throbs to the beat of history.” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer

He was the ultimate rake. But Randall Clayton, 7th Duke of Beldon, harbors a hidden motive for seducing the fiery-haired, passionate Caitlin Harmon. Rand is on a mission to find a murderer and it's leading straight to Caitlin's father

Bram Stoker Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author

Ever since Edgar Allan Poe looted a family’s ignoble secret history for his classic story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” living in the shadow of that sick dynasty has been an inescapable scourge for generations of Usher descendants. Now, Poe’s classic tale lives on in this Gothic novel of ancestral madness in the mountains of modern-day North Carolina.

Renowned for his biographies of Julius Caesar and Augustus, Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Roman Empire as a whole during its height in the first and second centuries AD. 

“An engrossing account of how the Roman Empire grew and operated.” —Kirkus Reviews