- Location(s): Rwanda
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960's Atlanta, Rwanda during and after the 1994 genocide
In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills deftly weaves together the journeys of three women from vastly diverse backgrounds who are searching for family and personal peace in post-genocide Rwanda. At the heart of this novel that bestselling author Wally...
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): 1995
In late 1995, the little-known Ogoni region in Nigeria became a fable for our times. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a renowned poet and environmentalist, was campaigning to protect his Ogoni people against the encroachments of Shell Oil and a brutal dictatorship....
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s and contemporary
Judy Reene Singer’s newest novel is a masterful story of the American experience. Between the past and present, between love and war, between the burdens of race and hope, a woman returns home to discover her father and a...
In The Shadow of The Apennines
- Location(s): Abruzzo
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Present, WWI
An American divorcée. An Italian shepherdess. Separated by a century, united by common dreams The sleepy little Abruzzo mountain town of Marsicano seems about as far as Samantha can flee from her failed marriage and disastrous university career. Eager...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands, The Outer Hebrides
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
An elderly woman is found battered to death in the common stairwell of an Inverness block of flats. Detective Sergeant Joe Galbraith starts what seems like one more depressing investigation of the untimely death of a poor unfortunate who...
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Biography, Historical
- Era(s): WWII
In February 1942, nine-year-old Olga and her family were living in Malaysia when Singapore fell to the Japanese Imperial Army in the biggest defeat in history of the British Forces. Sent to the notorious Changi Prison, they suffered three...
- Location(s): The Cotswolds
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): post-WWII
The Cotswolds, 1947 A relentless winter holds post-war Britain in its deadly grip, and Eleanor Phillips rides out from her beleaguered Cotswold farm to rescue a stranger lost in the storm. But the near-dead man is no stranger and...
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
- Era(s): early 21st century
Hani was out for an evening stroll near Cairos Tahrir Square when a heavy hand landed on his shoulder. An informant had identified him, and he was thrown into the back of a police truck. There began a seven-month...
- Location(s): Morecambe
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 20th century
This warm-hearted tale explores marriage, love, and longing, set against the majestic backdrop of Morecambe Bay, the Lakeland Fells, and the faded splendour of the Midland Hotel. Ted Marshall meets Rene in the dancehalls of Morecambe and they marry...
In the Time of the Butterflies
- Location(s): Dominican Republic
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s-1960s
It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official...
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