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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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)
- 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)
- 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...
- Location(s): Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her...