- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1870s
Frog Music is an atmospheric and gripping novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Room, adapted as a major motion picture directed by Lenny Abrahamson. San Francisco, 1876: a stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic have engulfed...
- Location(s): Somalia, Mogadishu (Mogadiscio)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Written with complete conviction from a woman’s point of view, Nuruddin Farah’s spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit. Ebla, an orphan of...
- Location(s): Colorado, Michigan
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 2000s
Few residents in the small, secluded mountain-town of Winston, Colorado have kind words to say about security guard Sean Coleman. He’s a bully, a drunk, and a crime-show addicted, armchair detective with an overactive imagination. After a night of...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are enjoying a nice meal out at a peri-peri restaurant when an American woman named Julia approaches seeking Mma Ramotswe’s help. Julia’s beloved late grandfather was Botswanan, and he instilled in her an...
- Location(s): Syria, Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose...
- Location(s): Paris, Boston
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2015 looking back
Secrets of Paris Book 3 The small green chest was concealed at the back of her father’s wardrobe. Its hinges were made of brass that must once have shone, but now the surface was roughened and dull. As she...
- Location(s): Torquay
- Genre(s): Mystery, Romance, Suspense
- Era(s): Contemporary
Buried secrets can kill… The seaside resort of Torquay, along the English Riviera in Devon, is the perfect place for a restful holiday. That’s what journalist Emmeline Kirby desperately needs after her harrowing escapes from spies and others with...
- Location(s): Qatar
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Which country in the Middle East is safe, hip, and quirky? Qatar may not be the answer that comes to mind. Mohana will change that with these vignettes of growing out of her twenties in the emerging desert powerhouse....
From Geek to Greek Billionaire
- Location(s): Wrightsville Beach, Santorini
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Olivia Moore has landed her dream job—to renovate a very special beach house for her best friend, Maria. The last thing Olivia needs is to bump into her teen crush, the geeky yet sexy Alexander Anderson. She fell in...
- Genre(s): Graphic Novel
- Era(s): Later 19th Century
An undoubted masterpiece from the legendary Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell and one of the most significant graphic novels of the last two decades, From Hell is the story of Jack the Ripper, perhaps the most infamous man in...
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