Browsing Books by Books Like Case Histories

The Distant Hours (2010)
A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to ...

Twenties Girl (2009)
Entreated by the bossy ghost of her great aunt to track down a missing necklace, Lara Lington finds ...

Altered Carbon (2003)
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of th...

Broken Angels (2003)
Serving as a mercenary in a distasteful war, Takeshi Kovacs joins a covert team that aims to secure ...

And the Mountains Echoed (2013)
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Par...

Steve Jobs (2011)
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, frie...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2011)
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and...

The Camel Club (2005)
Witnessing a murder with ties to a prestigious businessman's club, homeless conspiracy theorist Harr...

Escape (2011)
Languishing in her career as a business lawyer after relinquishing her dream to defend victims of co...

Eating the Dinosaur (2009)
Takes a humorous look at expectations versus reality in pop culture, sports, and media, exploring su...

The Secret Place (2014)
Investigating a photograph of a boy whose murder was never solved, aspiring Murder Squad member Step...

The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002)
Now that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces n...

The Secret Life of Bees (2003)
After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in...

The Jewels of Paradise (2012)
Caterina Pellegrini, a native Venetian with a doctorate in baroque opera, must determine the rightfu...

The Buddha in the Attic (2012)
Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century Sa...

The Bookman's Wake (1996)
Denver cop-turned-bookdealer Cliff Janeway is lured by an enterprising fellow ex-policeman into goin...