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The Chateau

The Chateau
  • Author(s): Karen Aldous
  • Location(s): Lake Geneva, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary, going back

Can young hearts ease a restless spirit? On the shores of stunning Lake Geneva, Gina Remy is celebrating her brother’s wedding – when the figure of a woman appears hovering above the water, beckoning to her. Ghostly visitations do...

The Dark Frontier

The Dark Frontier
  • Author(s): A B Decker
  • Location(s): Switzerland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Later 1930s and early 1970s

It is 1971, and journalist Frank Goss is assigned to cover Switzerland’s referendum on women’s suffrage. When he arrives in Basel on the border with Germany, he suffers hallucinations that land him in a psychiatric clinic. Ellen is called...

The Double

The Double
  • Author(s): Ann Gosslin
  • Location(s): Swiss Alps
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘A completely engrossing read! I found Ann’s writing compelling, elegant and convincing, and the story pulled me in and totally transported me.’ Katherine Webb, best-selling author of The Legacy and The Disappearance Following a violent outburst at an awards...

The End of the Valley: Part 1 of The Valley Trilogy

The End of the Valley: Part 1 of The Valley Trilogy
  • Author(s): J D Ferguson
  • Location(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bernese Oberland, Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980’s / present day

1984: Kate is the golden girl of British ski racing and a leading gold medal hope for the Sarajevo Winter Olympics until a serious knee injury shatters the dream. 2012: Kate is now one of the country’s leading chefs...

The English Assassin

The English Assassin
  • Author(s): Gabriel Silva
  • Location(s): Zurich
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000s

The Expat Wife

The Expat Wife
  • Author(s): Courtney Hargrove
  • Location(s): Lucerne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to Switzerland in winter: Snow upon snow, everywhere to disappear, nowhere to hide… From the #1 bestselling author of London Bridge is Down comes an atmospheric, twisty and suspenseful mystery set in one of the most beautiful places...

The Fall

The Fall
  • Author(s): Simon Mawer
  • Location(s): Switzerland, Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 1900s onwards

The novel embarks on a journey involving three generations of families shifting from various decades. Rob Dewar and his climbing partner, Jamie Matthewson, are clinging by their fingertips to the North Face of the Eiger, one of the most...

The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain
  • Author(s): Thomas Mann
  • Location(s): Davos
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1910s

Hans Castorp is ‘a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man’ when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay. Hans...

The Other Daughter

The Other Daughter
  • Author(s): Caroline Bishop
  • Location(s): London, Lausanne, Montreux
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1976 - 2016

You only get one life – but what if it isn’t the one you were meant to live? When Jessica discovers a shocking secret about her birth, she leaves her London home and travels to Switzerland in search of...

The Other Einstein

The Other Einstein
  • Author(s): Marie Benedict
  • Location(s): Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Serbia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1800s and Early 1900s

Historical fiction that presents a “what if” theory about the amount of involvement that Albert Einstein’s first wife (also a physicist) had in some of his most significant scientific contributions.

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