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Montpelier Parade

Montpelier Parade
  • Author(s): Karl Geary
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

The house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one Saturday, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and...

More Bodies Will Fall

More Bodies Will Fall
  • Author(s): Ankush Saikia
  • Location(s): Delhi, Manipur, Nagaland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

A girl from north-east India is murdered in Delhi. The main suspect is her ‘Indian’ boyfriend, but there isn’t enough evidence to prove his guilt. Amid a growing outcry about police neglect and racial injustice, detective Arjun Arora reluctantly...

Mosquito

Mosquito
  • Author(s): Roma Tearne
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When author Theo Samarajeeva returns to his native Sri Lanka after his wife’s death, he hopes to escape his gnawing loss amid the lush landscape of his increasingly war-torn country. But as he sinks into life in this beautiful,...

Mr Chicken Goes to Paris

Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
  • Author(s): Leigh Hobbs
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Mr Chicken has left the safe world of Harriet’s story and sets off on a global adventure. He’s visiting Paris and, like a good tourist, he’s doing all the famous sites, accompanied by his friend, Yvette. But it’s not...

Mr Loverman

Mr Loverman
  • Author(s): Bernardine Evaristo
  • Location(s): Hackney, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s onwards

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting...

Mucho Caliente!

Mucho Caliente!
  • Author(s): Francesca Prescott
  • Location(s): Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Thirty-seven year old Gemma hadn’t reckoned on being seated next to Latino heartthrob Emilio Caliente on the flight to Ibiza. She’s bravely dismissed her cheating husband’s generous divorce settlement, opting instead for a creatively satisfying, financially independent, bohemian lifestyle...

Murder at Cape Three Points (Darko Dawson #3)

Murder at Cape Three Points (Darko Dawson #3)
  • Author(s): Kwei Quartey
  • Location(s): Cape Three Points, Ghana, Sekondi-Takoradi
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Accra’s hotshot Detective Inspector Darko Dawson returns to solve a complex mystery that will take him out of the city to the beautiful coasts of Ghana, where a grim double-murder seems to have larger political implications. At Cape Three...

Murder At Elm House

Murder At Elm House
  • Author(s): Helena Dixon
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1930s

1934. Accidental amateur sleuth Kitty Underhay is being escorted by ex-army captain Matthew Bryant on an errand of mercy, as she takes a basket of grapes to her nemesis Mrs Craven, who is recuperating from a recent operation. But...

Murder At The Allotment

Murder At The Allotment
  • Author(s): Julie Wassmer
  • Location(s): Whitstable
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Whitstable Pearl Mysteries Book 10) Pearl’s tiny garden of Eden is transformed into a battlefield when the out of towners come to Whitstable… Pearl Nolan’s coastal allotment has always been a quiet haven – somewhere for her to relax...

Murder At the Fair

Murder At the Fair
  • Author(s): Verity Bright
  • Location(s): Bedfordshire
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

Summer flowers, warm sunshine, a maypole dance and… is that another murder? A tricky case is afoot for Lady Swift! Summer, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, the best amateur sleuth in the country, is delighted to be in charge of...

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