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The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, novel set in 1930’s Malaya. William Acton, a slightly-less-than-respectable British doctor, receives the surprise present of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy, Ren. Ren has been sent by an old, recently deceased, friend of Acton’s who...
5 Great books set in South Wales. Author of Fade to Grey, John Lincoln chooses Six Dark Tales The Hiding Place – Trezza Azzopardi (Picador) Azzopardi’s child’s eye account of life in the Cardiff docklands of the early sixties made...
A wonderful combination of a thrilling mystery and a perfectly depicted period piece’ (Sunday Mirror) The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola, historical novel set on the Isle of Skye. Audrey Hart is on the Isle of Skye to...
Five great books set in Cult Communities. Living in a cult community can provide ample material for a good storyline, so we have chosen five novels that delve deep into the attractions and then oftentimes the chill of being...
The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt by Sarah Armstrong – 1970s spy thriller set in Moscow. Martha comes from an upper middle class British family. Her father is something important at GCHQ in Cheltenham. She is, when the story opens,...
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