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Saving Missy

Saving Missy
  • Author(s): Beth Morrey
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn’t it? Missy Carmichael is prickly, stubborn – and terribly lonely. Until a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Something wonderful....

Sawbones

Sawbones
  • Author(s): Catherine Johnson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Georgian Era

Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezra’s knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life. However, his...

Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis
  • Author(s): Gill Lewis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Red asks, ‘Will we always be together?’ ‘Always,’ I say. ‘Just you and me in that little boat, watching the scarlet ibis flying back to the Caroni Swamp.’ Scarlet’s used to looking after her brother, Red. He’s special –...

School for Skylarks

School for Skylarks
  • Author(s): Sam Angus
  • Location(s): London, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Children, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2, 1939

It is 1939. When Lyla is evacuated from her home in London to her great-aunt’s enormous house in the West Country, she expects to be lonely. She has never been to school nor had any friends, and her parents...

Screwed for Money

Screwed for Money
  • Author(s): Andrene Low
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 1970s

Since puberty, Brenda has never had any issues with money: she’s always been well cared for by the old guys she’s latched onto. She provides the company and kudos, while they provide the cash. So for her to be...

SEAT 97: wrong place, wrong time: the mystery of a very public murder

SEAT 97: wrong place, wrong time: the mystery of a very public murder
  • Author(s): Tony Bassett
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

A man who had it coming, or mistaken identity? People are finding their seats for a soul concert when a shot rings out. David Barron crumples to the floor. Next to him, journalist Nick Colton and his wife, Greta,...

Second Class Citizen

Second Class Citizen
  • Author(s): Buchi Emecheta
  • Location(s): Nigeria, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women and countless setbacks to achieve an independent life for herself and her children.

Second Destiny

Second Destiny
  • Location(s): Avignon, Agra, London, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Older Generation Broke Them Apart… Lia Abraham gave up everything for her family and culture—art, autonomy and even self-worth. Worst of all was the sacrifice of Bollywood-gorgeous, idealistic Devraj Shah, when Lia caved in to pressure from both...

Secret London – an Unusual Guide 3rd Edition (Jonglez Guides)

Secret London – an Unusual Guide 3rd Edition (Jonglez Guides)
  • Author(s): Rachel Howard, Bill Nash
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Let Secret London guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating London guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants...

Secret London – Unusual bars & restaurants

Secret London – Unusual bars & restaurants
  • Author(s): Hannah Robinson, Rachel Howard
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Have lunch with the inmates of a high security prison, stroll through a sex shop into a Mexican restaurant, sing your heart out in a clandestine Korean karaoke club, tap your toes in a gypsy swing club, get pickled...

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