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Hampstead Fever

Hampstead Fever
  • Author(s): Carol Cooper
  • Location(s): Hampstead
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): present day

A heatwave brings emotions to boiling point… It is high summer in London and trouble is brewing. Chef Dan should be blissfully happy. He has the woman of his dreams and a job in a trendy Hampstead bistro. But...

Hand On Heart

Hand On Heart
  • Author(s): Sara Downing
  • Location(s): Worcestershire, Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Present Day

Love, laughter, friendship and sunshine… The second novel in the popular Head Over Heels contemporary romance series. Six years on and the friends are all older – although not necessarily wiser. Evie’s once devoted husband, James, is going through...

Handa’s Surprise

Handa’s Surprise
  • Author(s): Eileen Browne
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

In this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend. A modern classic named one of the best culturally diverse picture...

Handling the Undead

Handling the Undead
  • Author(s): John Ajvide Lindqvist
  • Location(s): Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Something very peculiar is happening in Stockholm. There’s a heatwave on and people cannot turn their lights out or switch their appliances off. Then the terrible news breaks. In the city morgue, the dead are waking up…What do they...

Hands Washing Water

Hands Washing Water
  • Author(s): Chris Abani
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): early 21st century

“Chris Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength.”—Pride Hands Washing Water is Chris Abani’s fourth poetry collection—a mischievous book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor. The central section, “Buffalo...

HANGING QUESTION

HANGING QUESTION
  • Author(s): Candy Denman
  • Location(s): Hastings
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

A doctor does some sleuthing of her own when, following a murder, the police fish with rotten bait… With the fishing industry on its knees, it doesn’t come as a huge surprise to find a boat owner hanging by...

Hangman Island

Hangman Island
  • Author(s): Kate Rhodes
  • Location(s): Isles of Scilly
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Isles of Scilly Mysteries:  ON A REMOTE ISLAND When Jez Cardew’s boat is found drifting empty on the Atlantic Ocean, DI Ben Kitto and his fellow lifeboat crew members immediately fear the worst. After an extensive search yields...

Hangman’s Beach

Hangman’s Beach
  • Author(s): Thomas H Raddall
  • Location(s): Nova Scotia
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): Napoleonic Wars (early 19th century)

Peter McNab has inherited his father’s island and manor house in the mouth of Halifax harbor. As laird, he has built up some healthy business in Halifax and a retinue on his island. One day a crusty old British...

Hangman’s Gap

Hangman’s Gap
  • Author(s): Rachel Amphlett
  • Location(s): Queensland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Could one man’s obsession with the truth be a fatal mistake? When Detective Sergeant Blake Harknell is seconded to an active investigation in the hinterland of south east Queensland, he discovers the police station understaffed and the local population...

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
  • Author(s): Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hani and Ishu couldn’t be less alike – and they definitely don’t like each other. But when fates collide and they pretend to date each other, things start to get messy… A heart-warming queer YA love story for fans...

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