Far from being a good ol’ boy’s club, the world of crime fiction owes a large part of its success to the women authors who ...

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She had no inkling of what lay ahead of the prison walls, but her passion and fascination for the service endeared her. And ...

Review by Richard Norton Smith Read the review During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal autonomy and equality. Review by ...

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February marks Black History Month. I have likely mentioned this in previous columns, but I like to challenge myself to be ...

As a general rule, the YA genre doesn’t have nearly enough historical fiction in it, yet alone historical romance. But, and ...

I belong to a small book club that now comprises six older women. All of us have been with the group for more than 30 years.