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Private Dancer

Private Dancer
  • Author(s): Stephen Leather
  • Location(s): Bangkok, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s

Thailand 1996. The Year Of The Rat. Pete, a young travel writer, wanders into a Bangkok go-go bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is the girl of his dreams, young, stunningly pretty, and one of the...

Promises To Keep

Promises To Keep
  • Author(s): Patricia Sands
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Lyon, Provence, Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Falling in love with the south of France was no surprise to Katherine. Choosing to walk away from her past and start over was completely unexpected. Her future seemed full of promise. A new country, a new lover, and...

Pure Invention

Pure Invention
  • Author(s): Matt Alt
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): WW2 to present

The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We’ve all fallen in love with one or another of Japan’s pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese-media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant...

Ragdoll

Ragdoll
  • Author(s): Daniel Cole
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller

Believe the hype. Sold in over 32 countries and counting, RAGDOLL is the standout thriller of the year. A body is discovered with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together like a puppet, nicknamed by the press as...

Random

Random
  • Author(s): Craig Robertson
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason behind the killings; no kind of pattern or motive; an...

Red Bones (Shetland #3)

Red Bones (Shetland #3)
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Shetland Islands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident, Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called to investigate the mystery. The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive...

Red Dirt

Red Dirt
  • Author(s): E M Reapy
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Three young Irish people have come to Australia, running from the economic ruins of their home country and their own unhappy lives. In this promised land, stunned by the heat and the vast arid space of the interior, they...

Red Honey

Red Honey
  • Author(s): Saira Viola
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A collection of Noir inspired short stories and flash fiction showcasing hot spots in London LA and New York

Red Is My Heart

Red Is My Heart
  • Author(s): Antoine Laurain, Jane Aitken (Translator), Le Sonneur (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance, Novella
  • Era(s): Present

How can you mend a broken heart? Do you write a letter to the woman who left you – and post it to an imaginary address? Buy a new watch, to reset your life? Or get rid of the...

Red Road Green: A tale of the Amazon

Red Road Green: A tale of the Amazon
  • Author(s): Jonathan Franklin
  • Location(s): Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

AMAZON, BRAZIL 1965. The government offers land and money to those brave enough to travel 2000 kilometres to make a new life in the jungle. A brave young woman, Idenea, and her family are given a 50 hectare plot...

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