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Heading East: 1 year: 26 countries: 1001 worries

Heading East: 1 year: 26 countries: 1001 worries
  • Author(s): Dawn East
  • Location(s): Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The very thought of home ownership and settling down was enough to send Dawn East running for the hills – otherwise known as the Trans-Mongolian Train, where her adventures across Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe would begin. But how...

Hearts of Stone

Hearts of Stone
  • Author(s): Simon Scarrow
  • Location(s): Lefkas (Lefkada)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

The fierce courage of the men and women of the Greek Resistance is brought to vivid life in Sunday Times bestseller Simon Scarrow’s powerful novel of World War II. ‘Gripping… moving narrative of friendships broken by war and betrayal’ Sunday Times...

Heliopolis

Heliopolis
  • Author(s): James Scudamore
  • Location(s): Sao Paulo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set against a city on the edge of reality, of high towers and seething favelas, of rich enclaves and social stratification. Ludo is a boy taken from the slum of Heliopolis and raised in the gated wealth of Angel...

Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water
  • Author(s): Christian Unge
  • Location(s): Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The first in a new Swedish crime series featuring Tekla Berg, a fearless doctor with a remarkable photographic memory “Watch your blood pressure! A tense and clever thriller” Lilja Sigurðardóttir With 85% per cent burns to his body and...

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...

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