Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David GoldFollows the exploits of Carter the Great--real life magician Charles Carter of San Francisco--in the early 1900s. In this story, the Secret Service is suspicious of Carter because of President Harding's death shortly after attending Carter's magic show. Carter then performs his own disappearing act. |
American Wife by Curtis SittenfeldBaby boomer Alice Lindgren grows up in Wisconsin experiencing her share of dreams and tragedies. Her life as a school librarian changes when she is thirty-one and weds Charlie Blackwell, a hard-drinking member of a prestigious family. |
11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe dying owner of Al's Diner has a shocking request for his friend, English teacher Jake Epping: go back in time through a portal in Al's storeroom and stop JFK's assassination. |