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A Chateau under Siege

A Chateau under Siege
  • Author(s): Martin Walker
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No. 16 in the Dordogne Mystery series. France’s favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the people he protects. Loved by millions, the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of mystery and...

Taverna by the Sea

Taverna by the Sea
  • Author(s): Jennifer Barclay
  • Location(s): Karpathos, Tilos
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Taverna by the Sea is an enchanting, funny, poignant travel memoir about answering the call of adventure by taking on the challenge of running a Greek beach taverna. During a walking holiday on the island of Karpathos, a chance...

The Lazarus Solution

The Lazarus Solution
  • Author(s): Kjell Ola Dahl, Don Bartlett (translator)
  • Location(s): Sweden, Norway
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Historical, In Translation
  • Era(s): WW2

Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkåk, who works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Sweden, is killed on his last cross-border mission to Norway. Demobbed sailor Kai Fredly escapes from occupied Norway into Sweden, but finds that...

One

One
  • Author(s): Eve Smith
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): The Future

A powerful, prescient speculative thriller: a woman’s job of enforcing climate-emergency Britain’s one-child policy is compromised when she discovers a personal link to an illegal sibling on the ministry hit-list, leading to a shocking discovery that changes everything… One...

The Golden Land

The Golden Land
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Shick
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1988 and 2011

Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, this debut novel digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. When Etta’s grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel to Myanmar to explore complicated adolescent memories of her...

My Goodbye Girl

My Goodbye Girl
  • Author(s): Anna Gomez
  • Location(s): Asia, United Kingdom, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Tessa Talman first meets Simon Fremont, not only is she attracted to him, she’s intrigued by how different their lives are. He’s a dedicated scientist, practical, pragmatic, and grounded. She’s a head-in-the-clouds romance author. As their relationship grows,...

Always Orchid

Always Orchid
  • Author(s): Carol Van Den Hende
  • Location(s): China, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hawthorne Prize for Fiction He almost let her go. Her past could tear them apart. But a love like theirs is worth fighting for… Phoenix Walker will never be the same. Nine months after a...

The Runaway Husband

The Runaway Husband
  • Author(s): Julie Highmore
  • Location(s): Oxford
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

More side-splitting amateur sleuthing in Oxford… Private eye Edie Fox wishes she could be half as glamorous and successful as her new client, Jessica Relish, who comes into her floundering detective agency in search of her missing husband Hugh....

The Guests

The Guests
  • Author(s): Nikki Smith
  • Location(s): The Maldives
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The resort of their dreams. A destination to die for… WELCOME TO PARADISE! Or so the staff say when they greet the Hamiltons at the idyllic Asana Fushi resort in the Maldives. And it starts off that way: champagne...

A Rosie Life In Italy 5

A Rosie Life In Italy 5
  • Author(s): Rosie Meleady
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Humour

As this it is a living memoir, I don’t have a clue what is going to happen next. There will definitely be gardening… and mafia police. My mother. Mad dogs. Health stuff. Italian… and probably a bit of Covid...

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