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Hello, Again

Hello, Again
  • Author(s): Isabelle Broom
  • Location(s): Aldeburgh, Barcelona, Guernsey, Hamburg, Lisbon
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Philippa Taylor (Pepper to her friends) has big dreams. When she closes her eyes, she can picture exactly who she ought to be. The problem is, it’s about as far away from her real life in a small coastal...

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown
  • Author(s): Alison Weir
  • Location(s): London, South East England
  • Genre(s): Historical, Biography, Fiction
  • Era(s): First half 16h Century

Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it’s time to hear his. The magnificent new Tudor novel from the author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series. — A second son, not born to rule, becomes...

Her Last Summer

Her Last Summer
  • Author(s): Emily Freud
  • Location(s): Thailand, London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No body. No crime? Twenty years ago, Mari vanished while backpacking through Thailand with her boyfriend, Luke. He was accused of murder, but has always insisted he’s innocent. Besides, her body was never found. Now, he’s finally ready to...

His Hidden Wife

His Hidden Wife
  • Author(s): Wendy Clarke
  • Location(s): Bridport, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you’ll think they’re the perfect family. You’ll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding...

Hit the road Jac!: Seven years, twenty countries, no plan

Hit the road Jac!: Seven years, twenty countries, no plan
  • Author(s): Jacqui Furneaux
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Read this and you’ll want to go on an adventure. Jacqui’s tale is not just obviously inspiring, but her story makes you think about the pleasures of nature and simplicity; about taking the time to just stand and breathe...

Holy Island

Holy Island
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take sabbatical leave from his duties as a homicide detective. A few days before Christmas, his peace is shattered and he is thrust back...

Homage to Catolonia

Homage to Catolonia
  • Author(s): George Orwell
  • Location(s): Catalonia, Ebro Valley
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Orwell’s book about how he joined the ranks of the anti fascists during the Civil War, in which he was actively involved.

Home Fire

Home Fire
  • Author(s): Kamila Shamsie
  • Location(s): London, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted...

Hot Stage

Hot Stage
  • Author(s): Anita Nair
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 2012

When elderly Professor Mudgood, a well-known rationalist and fervent critic of right-wing forces in India, is found dead in his home in Bangalore by his daughter, Assistant Commissioner of Police Borei Gowda is quite certain that this is a...

Hotel Cartagena

Hotel Cartagena
  • Author(s): Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (translator)
  • Location(s): Hamburg, Cartagena
  • Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, Public Prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when twelve heavily armed men pull out guns, and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages...

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