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Olivia and Sophia

Olivia and Sophia
  • Author(s): Rosie Milne
  • Location(s): Java, Malaysia (Malaya), Singapore, Sumatra
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Two audacious women; one remarkable man … When Raffles sets sail from the cold, damp confines of Georgian London to make his name and fortune in the tropics, he takes with him his new wife, Olivia, a raffish beauty...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time
  • Author(s): Adam Croft
  • Location(s): Rutland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Book two in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. Each morning, the first train of the day leaves Oakham station and thunders through a tunnel under the village of Manton. But today the driver...

On Hampstead Heath

On Hampstead Heath
  • Author(s): Marika Cobbold
  • Location(s): Hampstead, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Thorn Marsh was raised in a house of whispers, of meaningful glances and half-finished sentences. Now she’s a journalist with a passion for truth, more devoted to her work at the London Journal than she ever was to her...

On The Edge

On The Edge
  • Author(s): Jane Jesmond
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Jen Shaw has climbed all her life: daring ascents of sheer rock faces, crumbling buildings, cranes – the riskier the better. Both her work and personal life revolved around climbing, and the adrenaline high it gave her. Until she...

On The Greenwich Line

On The Greenwich Line
  • Author(s): Shady Lewis, Katharine Halls (Translator)
  • Location(s): East London, South London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a run-down East London housing office, migrants and frustrated local government employees cross paths and try to work out what the latest policy means for them. As a favour to a friend, one man finds himself roped into...

On the Town

On the Town
  • Author(s): Marshall Berman
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century

An enteratining and cultural look at what Times Square represents… the teeming hub, the films, the brashnees, the iconography and the history. A delightfully informative book.

Once a Monster

Once a Monster
  • Author(s): Robert Dinsdale
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mythology
  • Era(s): 1861

‘A labyrinthine delight of a novel . . . Dickensian darkness is infused with ancient myth. Historical writing at its finest . . . .’ Essie Fox, bestselling author of The Somnambulist and The Fascination London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell...

One August Night

One August Night
  • Author(s): Victoria Hislop
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1957 onwards

Beloved author Victoria Hislop returns to Crete in this long-anticipated sequel to her multi-million-copy Number One bestseller, The Island. 25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating consequences. When...

One by One

One by One
  • Author(s): Ruth Ware
  • Location(s): French Alps
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company....

One Hundred Days of Happiness

One Hundred Days of Happiness
  • Author(s): Fausto Brizzi
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What would you do if you only had 100 days left to live? Lucio Battistini has a list: To win back his wife – the love of his life To become a dad his kids will always remember To...

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