MEDUSA

THE MINIATURIST

In the autumn of 1686, Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of merchant trader Johannes Brandt. Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Richard & Judy Bookclub

THE RESTLESS GIRLS

For her twelve daughters, Queen Laurelia's death is a disaster beyond losing a mother. Their father, King Alberto, decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs. Those costs include their lessons, their possessions and, most importantly, their freedom. But the eldest, Princess Frida, still has one possession her father can't take: the power of her imagination. And so, with little but wits and ingenuity to rely on, Frida and her sisters begin their fight to be allowed to live.