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To Hell or Barbados

To Hell or Barbados
  • Author(s): Sean O'Callaghan
  • Location(s): Barbados, Virginia
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 17th Century

A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia.

Winter In Paradise

Winter In Paradise
  • Author(s): Elin Hilderbrand
  • Location(s): St John
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Irene Steele’s life is idyllic, until it is rocked by a late-night phone call that brings news of her husband’s sudden death. Even in the midst of her crippling grief, Irene cannot get one question out of her head:...

The Long Song

The Long Song
  • Author(s): Andrea Levy
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1830s

The story of planters and slaves. A vivid portrayal of Jamaican slave society, charting daily lives right up to Freedom and a denouement of shocking proportions.

An Ocean Apart

An Ocean Apart
  • Author(s): Sarah Lee
  • Location(s): Caribbean, Hertfordshire, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19502

It’s 1954 and, in Barbados, Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young women to train as nurses for the new National Health Service in Great Britain. Her sister, Connie, takes some persuading, but soon the sisters are on their...

And All That Sea

And All That Sea
  • Author(s): Joan Merrill
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Casey’s relaxing Caribbean jazz cruise is interrupted when “The Countess” goes missing and the captain asks her to investigate … quietly. All Casey wanted was to enjoy the music, sit on the deck reading novels and possibly pursue her...

Death by Marriage

Death by Marriage
  • Author(s): Jaden Skye
  • Location(s): St Thomas
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

A well-known criminal lawyer is found dead in a back alley in St. Thomas, and Cindy and Mattheus are called in to investigate by the grieving widow. The local police have pinned her for the murder, and Cindy and...

Final Passage

Final Passage
  • Author(s): Timothy Frost
  • Location(s): St Lucia, The Atlantic Ocean
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When Martin Lancaster was eighteen, his father was tragically lost at sea during a transatlantic yacht race. Twenty-five years later, Martin discovers hidden logbooks in his mother’s attic, and vows to find out the truth. His quest takes him...

Nothing Else

Nothing Else
  • Author(s): Louise Beech
  • Location(s): Caribbean, Hull, New York City (NYC), The Atlantic Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Heather Harris is a piano teacher and professional musician, whose quiet life revolves around music, whose memories centre on a single song that haunts her. A song she longs to perform again. A song she wrote as a child,...

The Forever Girl

The Forever Girl
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): The Cayman Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple:...

Wicked Wives

Wicked Wives
  • Author(s): Anna Lou Weatherley
  • Location(s): Antigua, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A tale of intrigue, revenge and excess… When the ‘Blue Angel’ yacht is found abandoned off the coast of Antigua and Playboy and Casino owner, Tom Black, who was on board is pronounced missing, foul-play is suspected. After all,...

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