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The Long Song

The Long Song
  • Author(s): Andrea Levy
  • 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.

The Paris Wife

The Paris Wife
  • Author(s): Paula McLain
  • 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...

Blindsided

Blindsided
  • Author(s): Julian Edge
  • 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...

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner
  • Author(s): Khaled Hosseini
  • 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,...

Telling Sonny

Telling Sonny
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Gauffreau
  • 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...

The Murder Wall

The Murder Wall
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • 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

Zahara and the Lost Books of Light
  • Author(s): Joyce Yarrow
  • 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

The Sons and Daughters of Toussaint
  • Author(s): Keith Madsen
  • 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.

A Cottage by the Sea

A Cottage by the Sea
  • Author(s): Carole Matthews
  • 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...

Black Rock

Black Rock
  • Author(s): John McFetridge
  • 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....

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