Nathaniel Philbrick
Mayflower

This is the story of the Pilgrim fathers who set sail on the Mayflower and the bloody battle they ultimately waged against the Native Americans. Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower story usually taught in American primary schools is a tumultuous tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama.

Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Fury

Richard Sharpe is fighting his old enemies, the French, at the extraordinary battle of Barossa in 1811. He has been sent by Wellington on a mission to Cadiz to rescue the British ambassador, who happens to be Wellington's brother, from a spot of undiplomatic trouble. But the mission ­complicated, undercover and political ­turns out to be completely different from the one on which he was sent.

Patricia Cornwell
At Risk

Winston Garano, a police investigator, is instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. District Attorney Monique Lamont isn't concerned about the difficulties of the case. She simply wants results for personal reasons. Winston quickly finds that there is much more to this mystery than he thought, as some very dangerous secrets are uncovered, and violence is unleashed....