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The Making Of Mrs Petrakis

The Making Of Mrs Petrakis
  • Author(s): Mary Karras
  • Location(s): Cyprus, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960 - 1990

Cyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s… the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island’s inhabitants make the best...

The New Mrs Clifton

The New Mrs Clifton
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
  • Location(s): Clapham, Berlin, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Post World War Two

As the Second World War draws to a close, Gus Clifton, having been working with the interrogation teams in Germany and out of touch with his family, surprises his sisters at their home. But an even greater shock is...

The Night Visitor

The Night Visitor
  • Author(s): Lucy Atkins
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), London, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch of...

The Nowhere Man

The Nowhere Man
  • Author(s): Kamala Markandaya
  • Location(s): South London, India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

A story of racial violence on the streets of south east London in the 1960s. First published in 1972, the book still has contemporary resonance. Features an extensive new introduction from Paris Review columnist Emma Garman. Srinivas, an elderly...

The Peckham Experiment

The Peckham Experiment
  • Author(s): Guy Ware
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s - 2017

Guy Ware’s new novel charts a course from the 1930s onwards through the fragmentary memories of the 85 year-old Charlie, whose identical twin brother JJ has recently died. Sons of a working-class Communist family, growing up in the radical...

The Road Home

The Road Home
  • Author(s): Rose Tremain
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daugher and his outrageous friend Rudi who – dreaming of the wealthy West – lives...

The Stars’ Tennis Balls

The Stars’ Tennis Balls
  • Author(s): Stephen Fry
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1980s forward

Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. He is handsome, talented and about to go to Cambridge, after which he is expected to follow his father into politics. But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in his school...

The Stolen Girl

The Stolen Girl
  • Author(s): Renita D'Silva
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru), London, Udupi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

‘Your mother has been arrested. She stole you.’ For as long as thirteen-year-old Diya can remember, it’s always been just her and her mum, Vani. Despite never staying in one place long enough to call it home, with her...

The Street Party

The Street Party
  • Author(s): Claire Seeber
  • Location(s): West London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The party was supposed to be the highlight of the summer. If only I’d known that night would destroy our lives… All the neighbours were laughing, drinking out of plastic glasses and getting along. I almost felt happy. Almost...

The Traitor

The Traitor
  • Author(s): Ava Glass
  • Location(s): The Mediterranean, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

LONDON. EARLY MORNING. A body is found in a padlocked suitcase. Investigator Emma Makepeace knows it’s murder. And it’s personal. She quickly establishes that the dead man had been shadowing two oligarchs suspected of procuring illegal weapons in the...

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