- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Crime, Novella
- Era(s): 1983
In autumn 1983, Henk van der Pol is twenty-three years old and just one week out of police training. His dream is to be admitted to the elite detective bureau of Amsterdam’s police force, but he knows he needs...
- Location(s): Stoke on Trent
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
“Let me out! Please!’ I shouted, banging on the door. How had I got here? What day was it? I couldn’t remember anything. But I knew I had become the fifth woman to be abducted.” As my eyes adjust...
- Location(s): Pilbara
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Desperate to get away from her family’s expectations of success in love and in work, Dr Beth Harding leaves Sydney behind and takes a locum job at Iron Junction – a mining town in the distant Pilbara. With the...
- Location(s): Paris, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life. Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic,...
- Location(s): Amsterdam, Dublin, Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
He cheated, but only once! Evie Dexter has promised to forgive and forget her fiancé Rob – and her efforts to absolve his sins are paying off: in the past ten days she’s only called him a two-timing love...
- Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Set in the South of France, the first in the Jacquot series follows Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot’s investigation into a series of disturbing killings, where the female victims are always left submerged in water. Ex-French National Rugby Squad player...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Veteran Japan Times columnist Amy Chavez guides you through the complex culture of Japan through essays, cultural tips and useful Japanese phrases to make learning about Japan as fun as possible. Chavez tells you why you should go to...
- Location(s): Jerusalem
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): BC to present
“The History of Jerusalem is the History of the World”, states the author. A tremendous history of this unique city, from conquering forces of the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians, through to the Romans, and subsequently the arrival of Christianity...
- Location(s): Middle East, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A former intelligence agent stands accused of terrorism, held without charge in a secret overseas prison. His memoir is in the hands of a brilliant but erratic psychologist who has an agenda of her own, and her annotations paint...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A debt-ridden lawyer’s dreams of rock stardom force him to make a Faustian bargain with his crime boss uncle; sinking into fraud and murder, he must fight to get out—or take over as boss. A real sense of place...
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