Melisende's Library

Synopsis: Osaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family i...

Synopsis: From the assassination of his father to the explosive political and personal intrigues of his reign, this fresh biography reveals...

Synopsis: Helen Capel is hired as a live-in lady-help to the Warren family in the countryside. She enjoys the eccentric household and her d...

Rodney Bolt's book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than dying at 29 in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death,...

She was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest, she became Vera Atkins...

Even a mushroom cloud has a silver lining. Join the Librarian and his mastiff as he does his best to make the post-apocalyptic world a bette...

From an article posted in CrimeReads : In 1973, a paperback thriller was published by Pyramid Press, written by an aspiring writer from Sout...

In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a...

Synopsis: The Scottish Wars of Independence are often celebrated for the heroic deeds of men, but behind the scenes, noblewomen played an e...