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- Location(s): Tangier
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
The perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller. The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband...
- Location(s): Tangier, Andalusia (Andalucía), Gibraltar
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1970s looking back to 1920s
In the dead of night, with blood on her hands, she made her escape. Accused of murder, Alejandra flees her home, escaping to the southern edge of Spain, where she faces a life of poverty and destitution. Seduced by...
- Location(s): Barcelona, Tangier
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s onwards
Young Moroccans gather regularly in a seafront cafe to gaze at the lights on the Spanish coast glimmering in the distance. Azel, the protagonist, is intent on leaving in one way or another. On the brink of despair he...
- Location(s): Gibraltar, Tangier
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
One humid summer night in Gibraltar, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon is on the run, accused of a brutal murder in Tangiers. He has managed to skip...
- Location(s): Tangier
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
The Last Friend, the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Tahar Ben Jelloun, winner of the 2004 International Dublin/IMPAC award, is a Rashamon-like tale of friendship and betrayal set in twentieth century Tangier. Written in Ben Jelloun’s inimitable and...