An astonishing tour de force...Not only does it give us a fresh take on the famous Dr. Jekyll and the infamous Mr. Hyde; it also allows us backstairs into the shadowy Victorian world of devoted servants and the festering slums they ha...

Chloe Dale's life is in good order. Her only child, Toby, has started his junior year at New York University; her husband, an academic on sabbatical, is working at home on his book about the Crusades; and Chloe is busy creating illust...

There isn't much of a plot....But the pages still fly by, never less than enthralling, thanks to Martin's quick mastery of her setting....A nimble, enlightening and horrific story about the morally corrosive effects of slavery....

...[An] eerie, occasionally compelling novel....Valerie Martin's finest attribute is her skill in creating psychological atmosphere through a detailed description of place....'Alexandra' reflects a narrative talent that hovers between...

1872: the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste is discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo is intact and there is no sign of struggle, but her crew has disappeared, never to be found.         As news of the derelict gh...