The word "lost," of course, prompts questions: why did she/it/they disappear? What were the circumstances behind it? How will they be found? Sometimes the book itself answers the question; Cecily Ross's novel includes the imagined contents of Susanna Moodie's personal journals. In Fitch's novel, the poetic title reflects the losses felt by St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, and the heroine's remembrances of her earlier life.
All of these evoke a sense of mystery about the past that appeals to historical fiction readers.
Most of these books were published in the last year or two. What others can you think of?
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