"Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of "Mansfield Park."" --Lionel Trilling
In this ingenious new twist on "Mansfield Park," the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid"--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who i[...]

With "The Solitary House," award-winning author Lynn Shepherd introduced readers to Charles Maddox, a brilliant private detective plying his trade on the gaslit streets of Dickensian London. Now, in this mesmerizing new novel of historical suspense, a mystery strikes disturbingly close to home--and [...]

"One of the first great British novels, Samuel Richardson's classic tale became a legend to his own age and remains so today."
Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose[...]

Charles Maddox, dismissed from the police force, is working as a private detective. On a cold and bright Autumn morning, a policeman calls on Charles at his lodgings with information that may be related to a case he is working on. He goes to a ruined cemetery to find a shallow grave containing the r[...]