Cumberland House Titles - Fiction

The Advocate - A Novel Larry Axelrood The Advocate is a complicated, chilling, often humorous account of a spectacular federal trial, ruthless organized crime activity, prosecutorial misconduct, and an unexpected verdict. > MORE	Airtight Case - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel Beverly Connor Forensic anthropologist Lindsay Chamberlain is attacked and suffers amnesia in the fifth book of the series. Nevertheless, she joins an excavation at an 1830s site in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and ends up in the middle of a murder case. > MORE	Antietam - A Novel (Book 3) James Reasoner The third volume in the Civil War Battle Series, Antietam brings the war to within view of the Brannon family farm. When the Federals intercept the Rebels near Antietam Creek, two of the Brannon brothers are brought together in one of the bloodiest trials of the war. > MORE
Appomattox - A Novel (Book 10) James Reasoner The Civil War Battle Series concludes with the war careening toward its inevitable end. The Brannon family is involved in every theater of the war and spread across the South. The Brannon farm is among the war's victims leaving family members with no choice but to fight or flee. > MORE	The Border Men - A Novel Cameron Judd The second volume in the Tennesee Frontier Trilogy, The Border Men is an adventure saga set in the period from 1778 to 1783. The battle at King's Mountain provides the prominent historical context of the novel. > MORE	Bunker Hill - A Novel Janet Tinney A fictionalized account of Joseph Warren's involvement in the movement for liberty in the American colonies. A distinguished Boston physician, Warren was prominent in the formation of the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence and was George Washington's commander-in-chief until his death in the battle of Bunker Hill. > MORE
Call to Arms - A Novel Book One in the Palmetto Trilogy by Livia Hallam with James Reasoner The first book in the Palmetto Trilogy introduces readers to Robert Gilmore and Allard Tyler, who are good friends despite differences in their backgrounds. The stories of these young people and their friends and families play out against a backdrop of secession fever and the drumbeat of impending war. > MORE	The Canebrake Men - Novel Book #3 in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy by Cameron Judd The third volume in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy is a saga of adventure in the period from 1785 to 1800, during which a band of Tennessee settlers begins to carve out a new state in the young nation but face the opposition of the federal government and resistance from the Chickamauga Indians. > MORE	Chancellorsville - A Novel Book #4 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner In the fourth book in the Civil War Battle Series, the war in northern Virginia comes to the wilderness of the Rappahannock. Two brothers witness the boldest move a field commander can make and the greatest loss the South can struggle to bear. > MORE
Chickamauga - A Novel Book #7 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner In this seventh book of the Civil War Battle Series, two brothers retreat back to Virginia with Lee after Gettysburg, another escapes from a Federal prison camp, and a fourth is swept up in the intrigues surrounding the occupation of Vicksburg. > MORE	Cold Rock River - A Novel J. L. Miles Questions of family, race, love, loss, and longing are loosed from the mysterious secrets that have been kept for too long — and the depth of the mysterious connection between two women united by place and separated by race and a hundred years is revealed. > MORE	Daughters of Summer - A Lord Godwin Novel Sara Conway On the first day of Hexamshire's annual weeklong fair in late summer 1221, Master Gruffydd, an arrogant merchant and town worthy, is poisoned. At first Lord Godwin believes Gruffydd's death is an accident. But when he uncovers a ruthless merchant whose passing no one mourns, he begins to suspect murder. > MORE
Death by Espionage - Intriguing Stories of Betrayal and Deception Edited by Martin Cruz Smith A collection of nineteen stories of revenge, betrayal and treachery from the International Association of Crime Writers and some of the world's most well-known authors. The only rule is this: no one gets to write their own memoirs. > MORE	Death Cruise - Crime Stories on the Open Seas Edited by Lawrence Block A collection of murder mysteries set aboard cruise ships and written by members of the International Association of Crime Writers. Includes Agatha Christie, John Mortimer, Ralph McInerny, and others. > MORE	Death Dance - Suspenseful Stories of the Dance Macabre Edited by Trevanian An anthology of fourteen stories of suspense that are set in the context of dancing. Each story has a strong, believable plot line and evokes its own mood. Carole Nelson Douglas, Carmen Iarrera, Mat Coward, and John Lutz are among the contributors. > MORE
Death Eligible - A Darcy Cole Novel Larry Axelrood The story of two death penalty cases, both of which involve rape and murder. While the defendants are as different as day and night, Darcy Cole defends both. The twists and turns their cases take as they proceed to the courtroom make for compelling and electrifying reading. > MORE	Divorcing Dwayne - A Novel J. L. Miles Divorcing Dwayne is the first volume in a three-book series featuring Francine Harper and her no-good husband, Dwayne. As the series is set in rural Georgia, the authors calls the category "Grits-Lit." > MORE	Dressed to Die - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel Beverly Connor The second volume in the Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery Series is set on the campus of the University of Georgia against the backdrop of interdepartmental politics, family jealousies, and two mysterious deaths separated by more than fifty years. > MORE
Elsie Dinsmore - Book 1 Martha Finley Sweet motherless eight-year-old Elsie learns to depend wholly upon her faith in her heavenly father. > MORE	Elsie's Children - Book 6 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie and Edward winter at Viamede where the newest member of their family, Lily, is born. > MORE	Elsie's Girlhood - Book 3 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie matures into a young woman, experiences her first love and heartbreak, then finds true love. > MORE
Elsie's Holiday at Roselands - Book 2 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie is forced into an awful choice, and the turmoil contributes in a serious illness for Elsie. > MORE	Elsie's Motherhood - Book 5 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie and Edward seek to impart their faith to their growing family and also fight the Ku Klux Klan. > MORE	Elsie's Widowhood - Book 7 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Edward falls ill and dies. Elsie learns to rely on her heavenly father. > MORE
Elsie's Womanhood - Book 4 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie prepares to marry her beloved and move to her mother's childhood home in the Deep South. > MORE	Gettysburg - A Novel Book #6 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner The sixth volume in the Civil War Battle Series includes the account of one brother's existence in a prisoner-of-war camp near Chicago and the Southern army's sweep up the Shenandoah Valley and into the momentous clash at Gettysburg. > MORE	Grandmother Elsie - Book 8 in the Original Elsie Classics Martha Finley Elsie's children grow up and become adults, and soon Elsie becomes a delighted, happy grandmother. > MORE
Guardian Angels - Heart-Warming Stories of Divine Influence and Protection Edited by Martin H. Greenberg A collection of inspiring, uplifting stories about the most heavenly of protectors: angels. Portraying angels in their splendor and power, it includes stories by Susan Sizemore, Charles de Lint, and Gary Braunbeck. > MORE	High Jinx - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. The year is 1954, Joseph Stalin is dead, and Kremlin insiders are plotting about who will succeed him. In a distant part of the Soviet Empire, U.S. and British commandoes take advantage of the chaos to overthrow the Soviet-controlled government of Albania. The effort is doomed from the outset — jinxed by a traitor. > MORE	The Last Christmas Ride - A Novella Edie Hand and Jeffery Addison The Last Christmas Ride is an inspiring story of a woman who overcomes heartbreak and adversity through faith and family and emerges stronger than ever. It reminds us that all of us have obstacles on our life journey, and we must try to experience and share the joy of life along the way. > MORE
Lee at Chattanooga - A Novel of What Might Have Been Dennis P. McIntire The question explored in this "alternative history" novel concerns the long-asked question, What would have happened in Jefferson Davis had sent Robert E. Lee to assist Braxton Bragg in Chattanooga? Many intriguing variables are entertained in this enjoyable read. > MORE	Manassas - A Novel Book #1 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner The first novel in the Civil War Battle Series introduces the Brannon family of Culpeper County, Virginia, and presents the mood in the South prior to the outbreak of the war. Richly details the manner in which people responded to the call to arms. > MORE	Marco Polo, If You Can - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. When a shadowy Russian mole threatens to undermine the Free World's defenses by infiltrating President Eisenhower's National Security Council, CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes is called in to unmask the imposter. > MORE
A Matter of Honor - A Novel William C. Hammond The first volume in a series of maritime novels set in the early years of the United States, A Matter of Honor is a dramatic account of a young man's coming of age during the American Revolution. Introducing Richard Cutler, a Massachusetts teenager with strong family ties to England, the novel tells his story as he ships out with John Paul Jones to avenge the death of his beloved brother Will, impressed by the Royal Navy and flogged to death for striking an officer. On the high seas, in England and in France, on the sugar islands of the Caribbean, and on the battlefield of Yorktown, Cutler proves his mettle and wins the love—and allegiance to the infant republic—of a beautiful English aristocrat from the arms of Horatio Nelson himself. > MORE	Mildred and Elsie - Book 3 Martha Finley As Mildred's stay at Roselands draws to a close, she is torn between her beloved home in frontier Indiana and her newfound friends and family. > MORE	Mildred at Home - Book 5 Martha Finley Mildred and her loving husband, Charlie Landreth, return to Pleasant Plains with Mildred's sister Annis and Aunt Wealthy in tow and are challenged by the impending departure of sister Ada to the mission field. > MORE
Mildred at Roselands - Book 2 Martha Finley As part of Mildred's recovery from a bout with ague, she travels with her uncle, Arthur Dinsmore Sr., to the Dinsmore home known as Roselands. > MORE	Mildred Keith - Book 1 Martha Finley Sixteen-year-old Mildred Keith moves with her father, mother, and seven brothers and sisters from their home in Landsdale, Ohio to the small riverside town of Pleasant Plains, Indiana. > MORE	Mildred's Boys and Girls - Book 6 Martha Finley As clouds of civil war gather, the Landreths take in a family of fugitive slaves and are heartbroken when they cannot, because of the Fugitive Slave Law, prevent the couple and their young son from being forcibly returned to their owner. > MORE
Mildred's Married Life - Book 4 Martha Finley Mildred and Charlie Landreth, the proud parents of a baby boy, have settled into quiet domestic life. > MORE	Mildred's New Daughter - Book 7 Martha Finley Orphans Ethel, Blanche, Harry, and Nannette Eldon come to Philadelphia from England to be placed in the care of the Cootes, a miserly minister and his wife. > MORE	Mongoose, R.I.P. - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. The setting is 1963 in the middle of the Cold War. Fidel Castro and John F. Kennedy plot against one another. Castro seeks revenge for his humiliation during the missile crisis, and Kennedy has set in motion a plot that could prove his own undoing. Blackford Oakes is caught in the middle, and the outcome is uncertain until the last page. > MORE
Murder Most Catholic - Divine Tales of Profane Crimes Edited by Ralph McInerny The murder mysteries in this anthology all have one thing in common: the hero or heroine who solves the crime is a Catholic cleric. Stories by Peter Tremayne, G. K. Chesterton, Monica Quill, Margaret Frazer, and Ralph McInerny are included. > MORE	Murder Most Celtic - Tall Tales of Irish Mayhem Edited by Martin H. Greenberg An anthology of crime and mystery stories that feature Ireland and the Irish people. Included are stories by Jeremiah Healy, Paul Bishop, Peter Tremayne, Mary Allen, Bill Crider, Brendan DuBois, Ed Hoch, Ed Gorman, and John Breen. > MORE	Murder Most Confederate - Tales of Crimes Quite Uncivil Edited by Martin H. Greenberg An anthology of short stories set against the backdrop of the Civil War and all the murders take place in the Confederacy. Authors such as Ed Gorman, Gary A. Braunbeck, and Edward D. Hoch contributed stories. > MORE
Murder Most Delectable - Savory Tales of Culinary Crimes Edited by Martin H. Greenberg An anthology of short crime stories whose common elements are food, restaurants, and food preparation. Included are stories by Ruth Rendell, M. D. Lake, Edward Hoch, Joyce Carol Oates, and Rex Stout. > MORE	Murder Most Divine - Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes Edited by Ralph McInerny An anthology of short stories in which the murders are solved by clergy using the cleverest methods. Included are stories of G. K. Chesterton, Antonia Fraser, Ralph McInerny, and Peter Tremayne. > MORE	Murder Most Feline - Cunning Tales of Cats and Crimes Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman An anthology of seventeen courtroom tales of cats who are quick to deal out their own justice with a claw or a bite. Or perhaps pounce on criminals, provide evidence, and turn the legal system on its ear in the name of justice. > MORE
Murder Most Medieval - Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers A collection of short stories set in medieval times in which murders are solved by the cleverest methods. Included are stories by Peter Tremayne, Clayton Emery, and Ellis Peters. > MORE	Murder Most Postal - Homicidal Tales That Deliver a Message Edited by Martin H. Greenberg An anthology of crime and mystery stories in which the mail takes center stage. Included are stories in by Lawrence Block, Edgar Allen Poe, Ellery Queen, Matt Costello, Barry Malzberg, Ralph McInerny, August Derleth, John Lutz, Joan Hess, and Evan Hunter. > MORE	Murder Most Romantic - Passionate Tales of Life and Death Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Denise Little A collection of stories in which romance is experienced in the teeth of mortal danger, when every decision is life-or-death and the smallest mistake can kill. Included are stories by Laura Resnick, Susan Sizemore, Deb Stover, Laura Hayden, and D. R. Meredith. > MORE
Murder on Good Friday - A Lord Godwin Novel Sara Conway A medieval murder mystery. The Jewish community of Hexham, England, is blamed for the murder of a young boy who is found on the day after Easter. Lord Godwin, a disillusioned and battle-weary former Crusader, is called upon to protect the innocent and pursue the guilty. > MORE	The Osceola Community Club - A Novel Cookbook D. H. Eaton Cassandra Burquette takes a day trip to the small Florida town where she grew up. The sleepy little village is no more, but Cassandra finds a 1958 fundraising cookbook, Sauté Then Simmer, put together by the Osceola Community Club. It is a nostalgic novel of the last days of the Old South and the last days of one girl's childhood. > MORE	The Overmountain Men - A Novel Book #1 in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy by Cameron Judd The first volume in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy traces the settlement of the Tennessee frontier in pre-Revolutionary War America. A fascinating story and an inspiring record of the courage of the colonists. > MORE
Plea Bargain - A Novel Larry Axelrood The second Darcy Cole mystery is a fascinating story of drug smuggling, corruption, murder, betrayal, legal maneuvering, and the triumph of good over evil. Nothing, it seems, is as it appears, and Darcy sorts through the illusions and deceptions to get to the truth. > MORE	Questionable Remains - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel Beverly Connor The second in the Lindsay Chamberlain series of mysteries proves to be an adventure in self-discovery. Lindsay follows a trail left centuries earlier by Native Americans battling the Spanish conquistadors as she searches for the truth surrounding the mysterious death of a young man. A fascinating look at history and forensic anthropology. > MORE	Roseflower Creek - A Novel J. L. Miles "A powerful book. The characters haunt the reader long after the last page is turned." —Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons Poignant and bittersweet, this short novel is the story of the loss of innocence. > MORE
A Rumor of Bones - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel Beverly Connor The first in the Lindsay Chamberlain mystery series is set within a series of recent murders — and an unsolved murder 50-years-old — that takes place near a small Georgia town. The heroine uses her skills as an archaeologist and forensic scientist to identify the murders. > MORE	Savannah - A Novel Book #9 in the Civil War Battle Series James Reasoner The ninth volume in the Civil War Battle Series finds the Brannon brothers in the thick of battle. Cory defends Atlanta, Titus is fighting in the Shenandoah Valley, Henry is removed as Culpeper County sheriff and flees to Tennessee. > MORE	Saving the Queen - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. America's top financial secret agent, Blackford Oakes, performs his first heroic effort in Saving the Queen in which William F. Buckley Jr. coaxes readers back to the earliest days of the Cold War. The year is 1951. Harry Truman is president, and the beautiful, young Queen Caroline has just settled onto the throne of England. > MORE
See You Later Alligator - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. Set in Havana in 1961, Blackford Oakes is in the middle of a conspiracy with the Che Guevara to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. When Oakes is betrayed in a clever double-cross, he is trapped in Cuba and the stage is set for a dandy adventure. > MORE	Shenandoah - A Novel Book #8 in the Civil War Battle Series James Reasoner The eighth volume in the Civil War Battle Series begins in northern Virginia as the battered Confederate army retreats from its humiliating defeat at Gettysburg. Meanwhile, the Brannon family also learns that one son has returned from the grave and a marriage is at stake. > MORE	Shiloh - A Novel Book #2 in the Civil War Battle Series James Reasoner This second volume in the Civil War Battle Series introduces a wandering Brannon son and focuses on the early war in the West — Forts Henry and Donelson and Shiloh — where the advance of Union armies into the Confederate heartland is temporarily stymied. > MORE
The Sitting Sisters - A Novel Martha Randolph Carr A forced reunion of four sisters who have gathered to watch their father die becomes a cathartic exercise in finding where each of their pieces fit in the family puzzle. They ultimately find that redemption comes from within and peace comes in how you manage your memories and draw from them to focus on your future. > MORE	Skeleton Crew - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel Beverly Connor A Lindsay Chamberlain novel. The 1558 shipwreck of a Spanish galleon reveals evidence of a murder at sea. As Lindsay discovers clues to the identity of the murderer, she faces a real-time murder at the excavation site. > MORE	Small Change - The Secret Life of Penny Burford J. Belinda Yandell "It's not what you have but what you do with it that counts." This is the story of how that philosophy worked out in the life of Penny Burford, an ordinary housewife who leaves an extraordinary legacy. > MORE
Stained Glass - A Blackford Oakes Mystery William F. Buckley Jr. With the Cold War raging, Blackford Oakes takes a sabbatical from his work as a CIA superspy in order to help restore the war-damaged windows in a fabled German chapel. He finds no peace or sanctuary there. Instead, he ends up in the arms of a beautiful KGB agent — and on the horns of a dilemma. > MORE	The Story of Henri Tod - A Blackford Oakes Novel William F. Buckley Jr. The story takes place in the summer of 1961 just as the Berlin Wall is about to slam shut the last escape route out of Eastern Europe. President John F. Kennedy needs to know what the Soviets are up to, and Blackford Oakes is sent to Germany to get the answers. > MORE	Tucker's Last Stand - A Blackford Oakes Novel William F. Buckley Jr. Set during the 1965 presidential election, Tucker's Last Stand is filled with plots and counterplots regarding the CIA's attempts to halt the material via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Working out of Saigon with Tucker Montana, Blackford Oakes implements a brilliant plan for breaking the North's supply route. > MORE
A Very Private Plot - A Blackford Oakes Novel William F. Buckley Jr. An ambitious U.S. senator wants to weaken the power of the CIA, perhaps to the point of elimination. To accomplish this goal, he tries to enlist Blackford Oakes. The senator wants to know what President Reagan did at the time when informed of a plot by Soviet veterans of the war against Afghanistan to assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev. > MORE	Vicksburg - A Novel Book #5 in the Civil War Battle Series James Reasoner The fifth volume in the Civil War Battle Series focuses on the West and the Southern stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Cory Brannon is working to keep the town supplied. To help save Vicksburg, Cory becomes both a cavalry raider and a spy. > MORE	War Drums - A Novel Livia Hallam with James Reasoner The second book in the Palmetto Trilogy finds Allard Tyler and Barnaby Yorke limping into Nassau with their heavily damaged ship. Meanwhile, Robert returns to the Confederate army and a fateful voyage climaxes in Nassau, where mayhem and death and indiscretions combine in a harrowing struggle for life and for hope. > MORE
White House Pet Detectives - Tales of Crime and Mystery at the White House from a Pet's-Eye-View Edited by Carole Nelson Douglas In these original stories, pets who live in the White House employ their abilities to solve various crimes. Writers include Carole Nelson Douglas, P. N. Elrod, Nancy Pickard, Carolyn Wheat, and more. > MORE	Who's On First - A Blackford Oakes Novel William F. Buckley Jr. In 1956, the United States is locked in a do-or-die space race with the Russians. Who will get to outer space first? Once again Blackford Oakes is called upon. This time he kidnaps two Russian missile scientists who can help put the Americans out in front for good. But he must dodge a murderous entourage of KGB agents and Hungarian freedom fighters. > MORE

Cumberland House Titles - Fiction

The Advocate - A Novel

Larry Axelrood

Airtight Case - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

Beverly Connor

Antietam - A Novel (Book 3)

James Reasoner

Appomattox - A Novel (Book 10)

James Reasoner

The Border Men - A Novel

Cameron Judd

Bunker Hill - A Novel

Janet Tinney

Call to Arms - A Novel

Book One in the Palmetto Trilogy by Livia Hallam with James Reasoner

The Canebrake Men - Novel

Book #3 in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy by Cameron Judd

Chancellorsville - A Novel

Book #4 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner

Chickamauga - A Novel

Book #7 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner

Cold Rock River - A Novel

J. L. Miles

Daughters of Summer - A Lord Godwin Novel

Sara Conway

Death by Espionage - Intriguing Stories of Betrayal and Deception

Edited by Martin Cruz Smith

Death Cruise - Crime Stories on the Open Seas

Edited by Lawrence Block

Death Dance - Suspenseful Stories of the Dance Macabre

Edited by Trevanian

Death Eligible - A Darcy Cole Novel

Larry Axelrood

Divorcing Dwayne - A Novel

J. L. Miles

Dressed to Die - A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

Beverly Connor

Elsie Dinsmore - Book 1

Martha Finley

Elsie's Children - Book 6 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Elsie's Girlhood - Book 3 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Elsie's Holiday at Roselands - Book 2 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Elsie's Motherhood - Book 5 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Elsie's Widowhood - Book 7 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Elsie's Womanhood - Book 4 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Gettysburg - A Novel

Book #6 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner

Grandmother Elsie - Book 8 in the Original Elsie Classics

Martha Finley

Guardian Angels - Heart-Warming Stories of Divine Influence and Protection

Edited by Martin H. Greenberg

High Jinx - A Blackford Oakes Mystery

William F. Buckley Jr.

The Last Christmas Ride - A Novella

Edie Hand and Jeffery Addison

Lee at Chattanooga - A Novel of What Might Have Been

Dennis P. McIntire

Manassas - A Novel

Book #1 in the Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner

Marco Polo, If You Can - A Blackford Oakes Mystery

William F. Buckley Jr.

A Matter of Honor - A Novel

William C. Hammond

Mildred and Elsie - Book 3

Martha Finley

Mildred at Home - Book 5

Martha Finley

Mildred at Roselands - Book 2

Martha Finley

Mildred Keith - Book 1

Martha Finley

Mildred's Boys and Girls - Book 6

Martha Finley

Mildred's Married Life - Book 4