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Heart of the Hunter

Heart of the Hunter
  • Author(s): Deon Meyer
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): early 2000s

The big man known as ‘Tiny’ has a past littered with violence and death. An assassin’s past that he hopes never to face again. But when his best friend is kidnapped, Tiny suddenly finds himself on the back of...

Heart, Be at Peace

Heart, Be at Peace
  • Author(s): Donal Ryan
  • Location(s): Nenagh
  • Era(s): Contemporary

I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two. In a small town in rural Ireland, the local...

Hearts and Minds

Hearts and Minds
  • Author(s): Amanda Craig
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Opening with the murder of a woman, several characters’ lives come together in this book, in which Amanda Craig portrays the comfortable lifestyle enjoyed by many in affluent North London, where this novel is largely set. These Londoners could...

Hearts of Paradise

Hearts of Paradise
  • Author(s): Jason Seear
  • Location(s): Patong Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2012

This account is based on true events set in Patong Beach, Thailand from 2012. Thailand is a paradise until darkness falls on your dreams. Fellow Australians, Jason follows his old friend Pete for a new lease on life in...

Hearts of the Missing

Hearts of the Missing
  • Author(s): Carol Potenza
  • Location(s): New Mexico
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

When a young woman linked to a list of missing Fire-Sky tribal members commits suicide, Pueblo Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews is assigned to the case. As the investigation unfolds, she uncovers a threat that strikes at the very heart...

Hearts Set Free

Hearts Set Free
  • Author(s): Jess Lederman
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Alaska, Nevada
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th / 21st Century

In 1930, the rag-tag riffraff of a railway stop called Las Vegas need a fighting man to shepherd their tiny church after their pastor is murdered. Might David Gold, a washed-up boxer and Bible-school dropout who fights as the...

Heartstones

Heartstones
  • Author(s): Kate Glanville
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Kate Glanville’s debut novel Heartstones explores love, loss and secrets in the rural coastal setting of Ireland. Heartstones is a novel about secrets. Set in contemporary Ireland the story is intertwined with one set in 1940’s. In both past...

Heartwood

Heartwood
  • Author(s): Amity Gaige
  • Location(s): Appalachian Trail, Maine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Adventure
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘An unforgettable treat’ Janice Hallett ‘An absolute must-read’ Elin Hildebrand In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone...

Heat and Light

Heat and Light
  • Author(s): Ellen van Neerven
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 18th century up through the future

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical, and still achingly real. Over three parts, she takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In “Heat,”...

Heather, The Totality

Heather, The Totality
  • Author(s): Matthew Weiner
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Breakstone family arrange themselves around their daughter Heather, and the world seems to follow: beautiful, compassionate, entrancing, she is the greatest blessing in their lives of Manhattan luxury. But as Heather grows – and her empathy sharpens to...

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