John Lee

"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided...

"The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects...

Following the death of his wife, Max Morden retreats to the seaside town of his childhood summers, where his own life becomes inextricably entwined with the members of the vacationing Grace family.

Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.

Harry Hole seemingly has his hands tied when the police seek his help in finding a killer who is offing Oslo cops whose cases are unsolved.

"The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and planets"-- Provided by publisher.

The year is 2380. At the farthest edge of the Intersolar Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star vanishes. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, a faster-than-light starship, the Second Chance with ex-NASA pilot, Wilson Kime, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat. Opposed to the mission is Bradley Johansson, and the Guardians of Selfhood,...

Friendship, love, and misplaced hope drive the characters who populate a new collection of Maeve Binchy stories.