- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1958
Paris, 1958. Ralf is alone, filling his days with glasses of red wine at Jacques’ bar, waiting for life to happen to him. Then, one night, Elsa – bold, enigmatic, unpredictable – whirls into Jacques’ bar and into Ralf’s...
- Location(s): The American South
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century
On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother’s resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother. Everything she knows, she learned from her mother – how to fight, how to...
Let’s Put the Future behind Us
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
- Era(s): post Soviet
In the unfettered freedom of Russia’s new-found venture-capital frenzy, Max Borodin can organise anything – so long as the readies are ready. That’s why he’s Moscow’s most successful businessman. But Max’s life has its downside: his wife, Tanya, nags...
- Location(s): Belfast, Liverpool
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): contemporary
Out of her depth, a young detective must evade a fatal jab A journalist is found brutally murdered and buried upside down on Crosby beach. Terry Lawler had exposed the secrets of powerful people and apparently got his comeuppance....
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Current
DUBLIN DETECTIVES RACE TO TRACK A SERIAL KILLER TARGETTING CARE HOMES When an elderly resident of a care home passes away during the night, little is thought of it. But when a routine investigation turns up an anomaly, suspicions...
- Location(s): Liverpool
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A thrilling page-turner full of wicked twists A body is found, stripped to the waist and stretched out, open arms and open legs across a circular wooden frame, palms and feet nailed to the structure. Investigating, DI Tara Grogan...
Lethal Waves, a DI Andy Horton Mystery (13)
- Location(s): Hampshire, Channel Islands
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Inspector Andy Horton’s meal with his old friend, Inspector John Guilbert of the States of Guernsey Police, is cut short when a smartly dressed, affluent woman is found dead in her cabin on the ferry from Portsmouth to Guernsey....
- Location(s): Turkey, Connecticut, Germany, Istanbul (Constantinople), New York City (NYC), United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2004; 1938-1945
Captivating and evocative, Letter from a Stranger will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day. When award-winning film maker Justine Nolan returns to her beautiful...
- Location(s): Syria, Lebanon
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s-80s
Caroline is a headstrong young woman looking for adventure, who quits her job in London for a challenging teaching career in Lebanon. Living and working in the mountain villages near Beirut, she develops two great passions. One is for...
- Location(s): Thailand
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 onwards
When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. This new English translation reveals it as one of Thailand’s most entertaining and enduring modern...
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