The one thing to remember about an adventure is that if it turns out the way you expect it to, it has not been an adventure at all . . . Shanghai, 1925. Irene, a museum curator (and, unoffically, a treasure hunter) is searching for a set of legendary copper scrolls which describe the forgotten history of Cambodia's ancient Khmer civilisation. Her mentor has sent her to China to enlist the help of Simone, a mercurial Frenchwoman who - along with her notoriously violent husband, 'the most dangerous man in the Orient' - has a reputation for both stealing artefacts…
I've come to understand how the exceptional lurks beneath the ordinary like the deep and mysterious world beneath the sea.
On a cool autumn morning, Torie Nash heads into her village pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. As she nears an intersection, a mysterious drifter with grimy thumbs and smudged cheeks and eyes as dark as a raven's wing stops to ask her the way.
She could turn left or cross over. But she does not. 'Go as a river,' he whispers.
So begins a mezmerising story that unfolds over a tumultuous lifetime as Torie begins to absorb…
“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review
“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for…
In antebellum Louisiana, Adrien Villere grows up in a house where silence is a weapon, secrets fester, and love comes at a dangerous price. As he struggles to reconcile forbidden desire with the life his family demands of him, Adrien is pulled into a web of betrayal that threatens not only his future, but the people he loves most—his spirited sister Bernadette and Isaac, whose quiet loyalty hides brutal realities of its own. When a devastating act of treachery shatters the fragile peace between two powerful families, Adrien must choose between protecting the truth and protecting himself. At What Cost, Silence? is a gripping, heart-piercing tale of shame, courage, and the burdens we carry to survive—perfect for readers drawn to stories of resilience, forbidden love, and the high price of keeping the peace.
