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Susan Rowland Author Of Murder On Family Grounds

From Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Part-time celt Modern alchemist Myth hunter Jungian

Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Susan Rowland Why Susan loves this book

Because it made you care about a whole range of characters, some noble, most of them not. It takes the reader into history and shows the past as more terrifying and vivid than we can know.

By C.J. Sansom ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Revelation as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Perfect for fans of HIlary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, C. J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth book, the haunting Revelation.

'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times
'Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator

England, 1543: King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Poseidon's Gold

Susan Rowland Author Of Murder On Family Grounds

From Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Part-time celt Modern alchemist Myth hunter Jungian

Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Susan Rowland Why Susan loves this book

Because it has all the horrors and joys of the modern family and the scramble to make a living - but in Ancient Rome. Just suppose only your Dad can save your life but he is the biggest con man you know... Plus the romance and friendship is superbly written.

By Lindsey Davis ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Poseidon's Gold as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"GREAT STUFF...A classic hard-boiled, smart-mouth detective who happens to work in ancient Rome."
--Molly Ivins
Los Angeles Daily News
After six months in wild Germania, imperial gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco is back in Rome sweet Rome. But his apartment has been ransacked. And although he desperately needs 400,000 sesterces in order to marry his aristocratic love, Helena, his only client is his mother, who insists that he find out whether the scandalous claims against his dead brother, Festus, are true.
Then the chief tarnisher of Festus's good name is murdered, and Marcus becomes the prime suspect. Someone is definitely fiddling…


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