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Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James

This vibrant, utterly delightful mystery expertly captures the drama, glamour and absurdity of wartime Hollywood. Sarah James’s swift dialogue, dry wit and clever characters transport you into a 1940s movie, where the jokes are quick, the love affairs scandalous and the cast as charming as they are flawed.

The Lost Book of Bonn by Brianna Labuskes

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books.

Never Leave the Dogs Behind by Brianna Madia

A deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs.

To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower

While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, Katharine Wright is equally inventive—especially when it comes to solving crimes—in bestselling author Amanda Flower’s radiant new historical mystery series inspired by the real sister of the Wright Brothers.

Writer’s Postcards by Dipika Mukherjee

Part travelogue, part memoir, and part commentary, Writer’s Postcards is a collection of essays that examine imagination and culture through the lens of geography.