Books tagged: turn of the century

The adult filter is active; content marked as adults-only by the author is not listed.

Full Search
Found: 5 results

A Western Fable    by Matthew Murphy
Price: $0.99 USD. 113240 words. Published on July 27, 2009. .

After his family is killed by a ruthless outlaw, Eddie Black goes on a hunt for vengeance that only destroys what he has left.
The Death Of Hope - A Tale of Lovecraftian Horror    by Matt Kirkby
Price: $3.99 USD. 22350 words. Published by Cosmic Legends  on January 19, 2011. .

Ernst Arkeville Father Julian Barabbas Morgan Three men travelling across 1900's Arizona when their train breaks down. Now they are trapped in the decaying wierd west town known as the Death of Hope. While the train's crew attempt to repair their steam engine, something begins to prey on the stranded travellers. The Death Of Hope might becomes the death of them all!
A Deadly Affection    by Cuyler Overholt
Price: $7.99 USD. 153670 words. Published on January 9, 2012. .

A young psychiatrist in 1907 New York fears she may have unwittingly provoked a patient to commit murder. "Captures the feel ... of [early] 20th-century New York in a deeply pleasing way. Strong prose and captivating characters ... pull the reader in to the very last page ... [A] whodunit full of dark secrets and fascinating intrigue." Kirkus, Starred Review
OLYMPIAD V The Fantastically True Story of the 1912 United States Olympic Team    by Timothy Burraston
Price: $2.99 USD. 19760 words. Published on January 26, 2012. .

New York, 1912. Two months to the day after the sinking of the Titanic, a young boy and his dog stowaway on the SS Finland, chartered transport for the 1912 United States Olympic team to Stockholm, Sweden. Elected mascot of the team by the athletes, 16 year old Harry Naughton narrates the competition, conflicts and friendships that manifest during the Atlantic crossing and the games of OLYMPIAD V
Somebody    by Emily Frankel
Price: $3.99 USD. 250950 words. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on March 13, 2012. .

Cordelia, born on the first day of the new century, inherits her mother's dreams of becoming "Somebody." Marrying at 17, has twins, becomes a star in silent movies, then television. During her passionate second marriage to a renown, right-wing, serially unfaithful newspaper publisher, she mends her broken heart --as a congresswoman, fights for liberal causes with the help of her two lovers.