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The Man of My Life

The Man of My Life
  • Author(s): Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After a visit to Argentina, Spain’s most famous detective Pepe Carvalho is back in his beloved Barcelona and is swiftly embroiled in a murderous scandal amid the murky politics of 21st century Catalonia. When the son of a rich...

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven
  • Author(s): Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 3 THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel...

The Rosario

The Rosario
  • Author(s): Peter Sissons
  • Location(s): Catalonia, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

Imagine being flown to a new job at a luxury estate belonging to a fabulously rich but obnoxious Englishman, in the Catalonian mountains. This man’s bizarre character is hard to handle, but he is paying you handsomely and you...

The Season A Novel

The Season A Novel
  • Author(s): Liam Concannon
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): Present

When Finbar O’Sullivan arrives in Calamendrera with his partner Lance to celebrate his thirty-fifth birthday, he has the perfect life. Yet he begins to realise it has been a life lived without adventure. Fin makes up his mind to...

The Sound of One Hand Killing

The Sound of One Hand Killing
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On assignment Eduard and Borja check out an exclusive meditation centre in the ritziest part of Barcelona, only to discover the director murdered, whacked in the head with a statuette of the Buddha. The violent death of a neighbour...

The South

The South
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950

This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home. Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland and reach...

The Spanish Bow

The Spanish Bow
  • Author(s): Andromeda Romano-Lax
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s - 1940s

A rich novel of music, politics and life, seen throught the eyes of Feliu

The Summer Holiday

The Summer Holiday
  • Author(s): S E Lynes
  • Location(s): Cadaqués
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One loving couple. One surprise guest. One week to destroy everything… When the doorbell rings, I take one last look round the villa. The nuts and olives are in bowls; the white wine is chilling in the fridge; everything...

The Things We Need to Say

The Things We Need to Say
  • Author(s): Rachel Burton
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Until everything changed. Now Fran needs to find her way again and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her...

The Time of the Doves

The Time of the Doves
  • Author(s): Mercè Rodoreda
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Barcelona, early 1930s: Natalia, a pretty shop-girl from the working-class quarter of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she takes his hand....

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