Thursday, May 4, 2023

Seven historical novels with mysteries at their core

Chanel Cleeton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana, When We Left Cuba, The Last Train to Key West, The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, and Our Last Days in Barcelona.

Her new novel is The Cuban Heiress.

At CrimeReads she tagged "seven historical novels feature page-turning mysteries that will transport you to the past and keep you guessing until the end." One title on the list:
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

When Alexandra Boyd travels to Bulgaria and discovers an urn filled with human ashes, she embarks on a quest to return the ashes to the deceased man’s family and becomes embroiled in a mystery that takes her back through the country’s dangerous history. Richly detailed and filled with haunting prose, The Shadow Land proves that sometimes untangling the events of the past can be the greatest mystery of all.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue