- 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): Maine
- Genre(s): Novella
- Era(s): Modern
A man gets up earlier and earlier each day, dresses in the dark, makes his coffee and lights the fire with a box of matches. Then he rummages through the thoughts that crowd his head and preoccupy him. Here...
- 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): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Victorian
Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and...
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): Botswana
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David ‘Kubu’ Bengu, Botswana’s keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, A Death in...
- 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...
