Suffering from "Downton Abbey" withdrawal? These novels, on the new-book shelf at the Duke Street Library, may help.
1 CROSSING ON THE PARIS, by Dana Gynther. The lives of three women from different generations and classes intersect on a majestic ocean liner traveling from Paris to New York.
2 THE LAST SUMMER, by Judith Kinghorn. In July 1914, innocent and lovely Clarissa Granville lives with her family in idyllic isolation at Deyning Park, a grand English country house. She's drawn to the housekeeper's handsome son, but their love will be tested by war.
3 PARK LANE, by Frances Osborne. When Grace Campbell arrives in London in 1914, she's can't find a position as a secretary, so she takes a job as a housemaid and is caught up in lives of the inhabitants of No. 35 Park Lane.
4 LAURA LAMONT'S LIFE IN PICTURES, by Emma Straub. Fleeing her Wisconsin home in the wake of a tragedy to pursue an acting career in Golden Age Hollywood, Elsa enjoys the heady extravagance of her fame while struggling to be true to herself and her family.
5 HABITS OF THE HOUSE, by Fay Weldon. As the 1899 social season ends, the Earl of Dilberne has serious financial concerns that affect everyone in his household.