Kate Mosse Books In Order

Labyrinth

In this extraordinary thriller, rich in the atmospheres of medieval and contemporary France, the lives of two women born centuries apart are linked by a common destiny. July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a Labyrinth; between the skeletons, a stone ring, and a small leather bag. Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade to stamp out heresy that will rip apart southern France, Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father as he leaves to fight the crusaders. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a Labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. As crusading armies led by Church potentates and nobles of northern France gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take great sacrifice to keep the secret of the Labyrinth safe. In the present, another woman sees the find as a means to the political power she craves; while a man who has great power will kill to destroy all traces of the discovery and everyone who stands in his way.

Sepulchre

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Labyrinth comes another haunting tale of secrets, murder, and the occult set in both nineteenth century and twenty first century France.

I n 1891, young L onie Vernier and her brother Anatole arrive in the beautiful town of Rennes les Bains, in southwest France. They ve come at the invitation of their widowed aunt, whose mountain estate, Domain de la Cade, is famous in the region. But it soon becomes clear that their aunt Isolde and the Domain are not what L onie had imagined. The villagers claim that Isolde’s late husband died after summoning a demon from the old Visigoth Sepulchre high on the mountainside. A book from the Domain s cavernous library describes the strange tarot pack that mysteriously disappeared following the uncle s death. But while L onie delves deeper into the ancient mysteries of the Domain, a different evil stalks her family one which may explain why L onie and Anatole were invited to the sinister Domain in the first place.

More than a century later, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives in France to study the life of Claude Debussy, the nineteenth century French composer. In Rennesles Bains, Meredith checks into a grand old hotel the Domain de la Cade. Something about the hotel feels eerily familiar, and strange dreams and visions begin to haunt Meredith s waking hours. A chance encounter leads her to a pack of tarot cards painted by L onie Vernier, which may hold the key to this twenty first century American s fate…
just as they did to the fate of L onie Vernier more than a century earlier.

Eskimo Kissing

A novel about the search by an adopted twin, whose sister has died, for her real parents.

Crucifix Lane

Briefly unconscious after a fall in London’s Crucifix Lane, Annie finds herself propelled 11 years into the future and caught up with a group of people, led by the charismatic Kellen, who are helping the disadvantaged. On returning to 1997, Annie knows that London’s future is in her hands.

The Winter Ghosts

By the author of the New York Times bestselling Labyrinth, a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage. In the winter of 1928, still seeking some kind of resolution to the horrors of World War I, Freddie is traveling through the beautiful but forbidding French Pyrenees. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Dazed, he stumbles through the woods, emerging in a tiny village, where he finds an inn to wait out the blizzard. There he meets Fabrissa, a lovely young woman also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories. By the time dawn breaks, Freddie will have unearthed a tragic, centuries old mystery, and discovered his own role in the life of this remote town.

The Cave

A QUICK READ part of the WORLD BOOK DAY 2009 literacy initiative for emergent readers. March 1928. Freddie Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains of south west France. He is caught in a violent storm and his car crashes. He is forced to seek shelter in a boarding house in the nearby village of Axat. There he meets another guest in the tiny hotel, a pale and beautiful young woman called Marie. As the storm rages outside, she explains how the region was ripped apart by wars of religion in the 14th century. She tells how, one terrible night in March 1328, all the inhabitants of Axat were forced to flee from the soldiers into the mountains. The villagers took refuge in a cave, but when the fighting was over, no one came back. Their bodies were never found. Axat itself became a ghost town. When Freddie wakes the following morning, Marie has gone. Worse still, his car will take several days to repair and he has to stay at the boarding house for a few days more. To pass the time, he explores the mountains. Then he realises it is almost 600 years to the day since the villagers disappeared. He decides to go and look for The Cave himself. Perhaps, he thinks, he might even find Marie? It is a decision he will live to regret.

Becoming a Mother

Combining medical and historical information with real life accounts of ordinary women, this book is an essential guide to the facts, feelings and emotions experienced during pregnancy and birth. It takes you week by week, from the decision to conceive, through to first impressions of life with your baby, offering invaluable information. Topics include: Conception If and When; Feelings for Your Growing Baby; Your Career and Financial Position; Fear that Something May Go Wrong; Changing Relationships with Family and Friends; Choosing Where and How to Give Birth; How Others Felt Women Relate their Experiences; The First Few Days with Your Baby

The House: A Season in the Life of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Accompanying a BBC television series, this is a narrative record of life behind the scenes and on the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. It focuses on performances throughout 1993 and 1994, including ‘Die Meistersinger’ with its cast of over 250, Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, the spectacular epic ‘Aida’, and riskier projects such as the ballet ‘Fanfare’, and Trevor Nunn’s ‘Katya Kabanova’. The book also looks at the dancers, technicians, musicians, singers and administrators who worked to create these productions.

The Library Book

‘Hill provides us with a reading list the equal of any degree course.’ The Times LondonIn pursuit of a book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year long voyage through her books in order to get to know her own collection again. Susan Hill is the winner of numerous prestigious literary awards. She is the author of a highly successful crime series as well as the famous The Woman in Black.