Matt Bondurant Books in Order

American Egyptologist Walter Rothschild works in London to decode the Stela of Paser, an ancient funerary stone whose inscriptions conceal a baffling riddle. His investigation draws him toward hidden language, an Egyptian sect and a web of conspiracy and betrayal.

Three Bondurant brothers build a moonshine business in Prohibition-era Virginia while poverty and violence reshape their community. Years later, writer Sherwood Anderson follows the traces of their activities, probing the silence around a sprawling liquor conspiracy.

An American couple win an Irish pub and move to an isolated coastal town. As Fred settles into ownership and Elly pursues open-water swimming, local hostility and a dangerous feud expose strains in their marriage and their new home.

After the 1900 Galveston hurricane, a young orphan finds refuge with the Red Cross while racial violence threatens the ruined city. Her story intersects with Clara Barton and a boxing match linking Joe Choynski and Jack Johnson.

Disgraced airman Tom Kaiser returns to northern New York for his dying father and takes work with a local criminal. His surveillance skills draw him into cross-border drug trafficking while memories of his sister’s drowning haunt the frozen landscape.