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The Book Cat

The Book Cat
  • Author(s): Polly Faber, Clara Vulliamy (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): WW2, 1940s

This is a classic wartime tale of a (real!) cat who made his home at the Faber offices and decided he’d never leave. ‘This time we need to get you – get all of the kittens, safe out of...

The Book of Beginnings

The Book of Beginnings
  • Author(s): Sally Page
  • Location(s): London, Highgate
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle’s beloved stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble little notes and browse colourful notebooks, distracts her...

The Book of Dreams

The Book of Dreams
  • Author(s): Nina George
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Warm, wise, and magical–the latest novel by the bestselling author of THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP and THE LITTLE FRENCH BISTRO is an astonishing exploration of the thresholds between life and death Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on...

The Book of Echoes

The Book of Echoes
  • Author(s): Rosanna Amaka
  • Location(s): Lagos, Brixton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

A sweeping, uplifting and inspirational story of how a boy from Brixton and a girl from Lagos reinvent their lives in modern-day London. 1981: England looks forward to a new decade. But on the streets of Brixton, it’s hard...

The Bookseller’s Secret

The Bookseller’s Secret
  • Author(s): Michelle Gable
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

ARISTOCRAT, AUTHOR, BOOKSELLER, WWII SPY–A THRILLING NOVEL ABOUT REAL-LIFE LITERARY ICON NANCY MITFORD In 1942, London, Nancy Mitford is worried about more than air raids and German spies. Still recovering from a devastating loss, the once sparkling Bright Young...

The Bookseller’s Wife

The Bookseller’s Wife
  • Author(s): Jane Davis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Georgian

London, 1775. Books have always been Dorcas Turton’s refuge—but now they may be her salvation. The only surviving child of six, Dorcas should have inherited security and status. But after her mother’s untimely death, she is stunned by the...

The Bride

The Bride
  • Author(s): Wendy Clarke
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Alice arrives in London’s Docklands to meet her former best friend’s fiancé, she has the terrible feeling something’s wrong. Why had Joanna never mentioned Mark and, after only a month together, how can she be sure he’s the...

The Brief

The Brief
  • Author(s): Simon Michael
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

Charles Holborne, ne Horowitz, is an East End boy with a past – an ex-boxer and ex-criminal – who becomes a West End boy when he qualifies as a barrister. Now he’s trapped between two worlds and fits in...

The Burial Plot

The Burial Plot
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Macneal
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood...

The Buried Crown

The Buried Crown
  • Author(s): Ally Sherrick
  • Location(s): London, Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): WW2

An exciting World War II adventure from acclaimed author Ally Sherrick – blending her trademark rip-roaring historical storytelling with mythology and magic! It’s World War II and Britain is on the brink of invasion. Londoner George has been sent...

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