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...
A Body At The Altar (Kate Palmer book #4)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Cosy Mystery, Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Jilted grooms, sudden deaths, broken hearts and threatening letters. All in a day’s work for super sleuth Kate Palmer! Nurse Kate Palmer thought the pretty Cornish village of Tinworthy would be the perfect place for a peaceful retirement. She...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nurse Kate Palmer is Cornwall’s answer to Miss Marple… but when she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time can she prove her innocence and solve her most puzzling case yet? Kate Palmer thought the pretty Cornish...
- 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...
- 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,...
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