10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
‘Haunting, moving, beautifully written – and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece’ Peter Frankopan ‘In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila’s consciousness began to ebb, slowly and...
- Location(s): Faro, Lisbon, The Algarve
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walters Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline s The Orphan Train, Deborah Lawrenson s mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy past where two...
- Location(s): Europe, Iraq, Middle East
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
Travel journalist Andrew Eames was in the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo when he met an elderly lady who had known Agatha Christie. Fascinated by the exotic history of this quintessentially English crime writer, he decided to retrace the...
- Location(s): Bangladesh
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
They all said that Bangladesh would be an experience… For Anne Hamilton, a three-month winter programme of travel and “cultural exchange” in a country where the English language, fair hair, and a rice allergy are all extremely rare was...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Second World War
The cups and saucers on the dresser begin to rattle faintly, as though a tremulous hand is holding them. The water in the washing-up bowl shivers all over its surface. There’s a distant droning, something at first more felt...
- Location(s): Stockholm, Eastern Europe, New York City (NYC), Oxford, Washington DC
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A noted climate activist is about to name names at a symposium in Stockholm. CIA agents Joshua Daine and Valerie Rhodes are sent on a simple retrieval mission to pick up classified information. She is kidnapped, he is shot,...
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 115AD
The year is 115 AD and Imperial Rome is at the height of its power. The reader wakes in a rich patrician home and discovers frescoes, opulent furnishings and richly appointed boudoirs. Strolling through the splendours of the Roman...
- Location(s): Swiss Alps
- Genre(s): Gothic, Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, boldly making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the...
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
- Location(s): Nagasaki, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Amaterasu Takahashi has spent her life grieving for her daughter Yuko and grandson Hideo, who were victims of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. Now a widow living...
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
- Location(s): Cambodia, Indochina, Laos
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1950s
This book is set in French Indo-China as the Viet Minh are embarking on the guerrilla war against their colonial oppressors. Lewis travels around the area and recounts his experiences in a tender, insighful and well written way.
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