The Devil and the Disappearing Sea
- Location(s): Uzbekistan
- Genre(s): Comedy, Thriller
- Era(s): 2000
Set among the ruins of the Soviet empire, this darkly comic true-crime thriller involves environmental disaster, international intrigue, and an unsolved murder. In January 2000, Rob Ferguson went to Uzbekistan to work on a project designed to save the...
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
- Location(s): Sudan, Darfur
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals,...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Late 19th Century
When the mutilated corpse of a beautiful dancer is found in a Montmartre sewer, a nervous public fears that Jack the Ripper has crossed the Channel—but Inspector Achille Lefebvre has his own theories. Amid the hustle and bustle of...
- Location(s): Italian Lakes
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1820s
The Devil That Danced on the Water
- Location(s): Sierra Leone
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s
An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna’s intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African childhood –...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Current times
In a quiet corner of Edinburgh, Cat Thomas is going through hell. She’s tried everything. He respects nothing. If your neighbour was making your life hell… Would you call upon the devil? Cat Thomas, a brilliant fraud investigator, has...
- Location(s): Namibia
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): early 21st century
WHEN AN ASSASSIN bursts from the shadows to try to kill him on the dark, windswept grounds of his boarding school in England, Max Gordon realizes his life is about to change forever. After learning that his explorer father...
- Location(s): Montana
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary/present time
Kristen Kelly was returning home with a new attitude. No longer the shy, awkward girl of her past, she’s determined to show the small town what she’s made of. Especially Cole Lawson. Challenged by Cole at a holiday kissing...
- Location(s): The Peak District
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A SHOCKING DEATH – A lawyer is found dead in a Peak District cave, his face ribboned with scratches. A SINISTER MESSAGE – Amidst rumours of a local curse, DI Meg Dalton is convinced this is cold-blooded murder. There’s...
- Location(s): Bulgaria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Sam, a University of Toronto History student, receives a letter informing him that he has inherited some property in Bulgaria, the country of his parents. Somewhat reluctantly, he decides to go there accompanied by his best friend Ben, a...
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