Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

Songs for the Broken-Hearted by Ayelet Tsabari is a brilliantly complex family story, set amidst the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, and told by Yemeni Jews, a group which is both Jewish and Arabic, and suffers from a considerable amount of racism.

Cover of A Pocket Full of Blood by Deanna Foster

A Pocket Full of Blood by Deanna Foster

A Pocket Full of Blood by Deanna Foster happens just over a year after her first in the series, Fortunes of Madness, when Detective Fox and Officer Vihaan teamed up to investigate the Tarot Killer. In this second book, Vihaan’s brother, Shikar, has escaped Wolfbridge Asylum after being a resident of the top floor for the criminally insane for five years.

Cover of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Alward. Picture is of a young woman with her back to the reader, in a blue dress.

When the World Fell Silent by Donna Alward

When the World Fell Silent by Donna Alward is a historical fiction novel that follows two women who reside in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917. War has been raging in Europe for 3 years and the busy port of Halifax with its deep, ice-free harbor and strategic location makes it the perfect location for military support operations for the war.

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

The Great War is over, and the summer of 1919 should be one of celebration, but Constance Haverhill has lost her mother to the Spanish influenza. Constance also lost the job managing Lord Mercer’s country estate, which she held all through the war, to a man.