- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830s
The story of planters and slaves. A vivid portrayal of Jamaican slave society, charting daily lives right up to Freedom and a denouement of shocking proportions.
- Location(s): Europe, North America, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
The book starts out in Chicago, 1920. Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for...
- Location(s): Sardinia
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Present day
Sardinia: Beautiful landscapes, fascinating history and a unique blend of cultures. For Ralph and Clare, a working holiday also offers an opportunity to get their marriage back on track. Then a chance meeting with Tex and Cass provides new...
- Location(s): Kabul, San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s to 2000s
The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseini’s deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s,...
- Location(s): Vermont
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1925-1945
An atmospheric historical novel set in small-town Vermont, where 19-year-old Faby lives with her close-knit French family, Maman Aurore, Papa, Mémère, and sister Josephine. The story traces an eventful year in Faby’s young life when she meets and marries...
- Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives...
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light
- Location(s): Spain, Seattle
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Historical
- Era(s): Medieval and Modern
When Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Granada to apply for citizenship as a descendant of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, she uncovers her own family story, along with a hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic...
The Sons and Daughters of Toussaint
- Location(s): Haiti
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1800s, present-day
A narrative that weaves together the history of Haiti with a present day story featuring the descendants of the legendary Haitian freedom fighter Toussaint and their struggle to realize their ancestor’s dream.
- Location(s): Pembrokeshire
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time. When Ella invites them to stay for a week in...
- Location(s): Montreal
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s
An artfully told police procedural set in an explosive era in recent history Montreal 1970. The “Vampire Killer” has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. Bombs explode in the stock exchange, McGill University, and houses in Westmount....