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Padma and the Elephant Sutra

Padma and the Elephant Sutra
  • Author(s): W L Snowden
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 1830s

A blue moon has appeared, threatening an ancient way of life, forcing the custodians of paradise to confront nature’s greatest nemesis, humanity. A fantastical tale, rich in history and myth. Meet Padma, an unlikely champion of hope, and George,...

River of Ink

River of Ink
  • Author(s): Paul M M Cooper
  • Location(s): Polonnaruwa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th Century

All Asanka knows is poetry. From his humble village beginnings in the great island kingdom of Lanka, he has risen to the prestigious position of court poet and now delights in his life of ease: composing romantic verses for...

THE SERPENT’S LAIR

THE SERPENT’S LAIR
  • Author(s): Riall Nolan
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Adventure
  • Era(s): contemporary

Max lands a dangerous mission on an Indian Ocean island quickly descending into chaos… Since a bomb blew him through a hotel window in Colombo, international fixer Max Donovan’s life has become more complicated. He in possession of a...

A Passage North

A Passage North
  • Author(s): Anuk Arudpragasam
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother’s former care-giver, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances, at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall....

Anil’s Ghost

Anil’s Ghost
  • Author(s): Michael Ondaatje
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of a bloody civil war. Enter Anil Tissera, a young woman and forensic anthropologist born in...

Bone China

Bone China
  • Author(s): Roma Tearne
  • Location(s): London, Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

An epic novel of love, loss and a family uprooted, set in the contrasting landscapes of war-torn Sri Lanka and immigrant London. Grace de Silva, wife of the shiftless but charming Aloysius, has five children and a crumbling marriage....

Mosquito

Mosquito
  • Author(s): Roma Tearne
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When author Theo Samarajeeva returns to his native Sri Lanka after his wife’s death, he hopes to escape his gnawing loss amid the lush landscape of his increasingly war-torn country. But as he sinks into life in this beautiful,...

Passage from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #6)

Passage from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #6)
  • Author(s): Harriet Steel
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

Inspector de Silva and Jane embark on a cruise to Egypt to visit the pyramids, excited at the prospect of two weeks of sun, sea and relaxation. With Nuala, and de Silva’s duties as a police officer, far behind...

Fatal Finds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #4)

Fatal Finds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #4)
  • Author(s): Harriet Steel
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

In this fourth instalment of the Inspector de Silva mysteries, it is monsoon season in the Hill Country. One stormy night, a ghostly encounter on a lonely road leads de Silva into a case of murder, and a mystery...

Trouble in Nuala. The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #1

Trouble in Nuala. The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #1
  • Author(s): Harriet Steel
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

TFBookClub choice for November/December 2017. More details here When Inspector Shanti de Silva moves with his English wife, Jane, to a new post in the sleepy hill town of Nuala, he anticipates a more restful life than police work...

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