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The Clearing

The Clearing
  • Author(s): Dan Newman
  • Location(s): St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1970s onwards

In 1976, four boys walked into a jungle. Only three came back alive. Haunted by terrifying childhood memories he doesn’t fully understand, journalist Nate Mason returns to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia where he grew up. Back then,...

Becoming Josephine

Becoming Josephine
  • Author(s): Heather Webb
  • Location(s): Martinique, Paris
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Rose Tascher is brought up in Martinique. At 15, she is married off to a Parisian aristocrat, who cannot stand her or her provincial ways. She divorces him, the French Revolution comes and her place, as Josephine, consort to...

The Middle Passage

The Middle Passage
  • Author(s): V S Naipaul
  • Location(s): Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Suriname
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1960s

In 1960, Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he created a deft and remarkably prescient...

Murder On Mustique

Murder On Mustique
  • Author(s): Anne Glenconner
  • Location(s): Mustique
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): 2002

Mustique is in a state of breathless calm as tropical storm Cristobal edges towards it across the Atlantic. Most villa owners have escaped the island but a few young socialites remain, unwilling to let summer’s partying end. American heiress...

Final Passage

Final Passage
  • Author(s): Timothy Frost
  • Location(s): St Lucia, The Atlantic Ocean
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When Martin Lancaster was eighteen, his father was tragically lost at sea during a transatlantic yacht race. Twenty-five years later, Martin discovers hidden logbooks in his mother’s attic, and vows to find out the truth. His quest takes him...

A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery
  • Author(s): Agatha Christie
  • Location(s): St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

This is said to be set in St Lucia An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed… As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True,...

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches
  • Author(s): Deborah Harkness
  • Location(s): Oxford, Limousin, Madison (NY), New Orleans, St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in...

A Taste of Paradise

A Taste of Paradise
  • Author(s): Melissa Hill
  • Location(s): St Lucia
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to paradise on the island of St Lucia. Erin Howard has just joined The Palms Hotel as guest relations manager. She is determined to make her mark, and a deal with Daniel MacKenzie, the enigmatic CEO of the...

Black Shack Alley

Black Shack Alley
  • Author(s): Joseph Zobel
  • Location(s): Martinique
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Following in the tradition of Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Joseph Zobel’s semi-autobiographical 1950 novel Black Shack Alley chronicles the coming-of-age of José, a young boy grappling with issues of power and identity in colonial Martinique. As José transitions from...

Confetti & Confusion

Confetti & Confusion
  • Author(s): Daisy James
  • Location(s): St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Millie Harper has agreed to step in for a celebrity chef and run the first-ever Paradise Cookery School course. She is determined to give bride-to-be Imogen and friends an unforgettable Caribbean culinary experience. Meanwhile, Millie is struggling to concentrate...

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