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The Hypocrite

The Hypocrite
  • Author(s): Jo Hamya
  • Location(s): Aeolian Islands, London, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2010 / 2020

What happens when we stop idolising the generations above us? Stop idolising our own parents? What happens when we become frightened of the generations below us? Frightened of our own children? The Aeolian islands, 2010. Sophia, on the cusp...

The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon

The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon
  • Author(s): Safinah Danish Elahi
  • Location(s): Karachi, Lahore, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Zohaib, Misha and Nadia believed they would be in each other’s lives forever. As children they played, argued, teased and loved one another. Yet nothing could have prepared them for the tragic turn of events one fateful afternoon in...

The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke

The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke
  • Author(s): Tina Makereti
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19t Century

James Poneke is a young Maori orphan, raised by missionaries, with a burning desire to travel and explore the world. When an English artist on a tour of New Zealand invites James to return home with him, the boy...

The Improbability of Love

The Improbability of Love
  • Author(s): Hannah Rothschild
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous...

The Interpreter

The Interpreter
  • Author(s): Brooke Robinson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Only she knows what they’re saying; a misinterpreted word could decide their fate. So when she believes a grave injustice is about to take a place, and a guilty man might be declared innocent, Revelle twists an alibi to...

The Inverts

The Inverts
  • Author(s): Crystal Jeans
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Egypt, London, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s and 1930s

1921: a boy, a girl, a moonlit midnight kiss. A terrible, repulsive kiss. Bettina and Bart have grown up as best friends, so surely they will end up together? After all, Bettina is young, rich, headstrong…. and gay. Bart...

The Island Brief

The Island Brief
  • Author(s): Pippa McCathie
  • Location(s): London, Mauritius
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Adventure, Romance
  • Era(s): Present day

Abigail Kendall’s busy London life is turned upside down by the unexpected news of an inheritance brought to her from Mauritius by Raj, the attorney of her deceased uncle. Adding to the confusion is Raj’s charm, which Abi finds...

The Italian Ballerina

The Italian Ballerina
  • Author(s): Kristy Cambron
  • Location(s): Rome, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save innocent lives in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy’s...

The Jam Factory Girls

The Jam Factory Girls
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): pre WW1

The Jam Factory Girls is an uplifting and emotional novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood. Life for Elsie is difficult as she struggles to cope with her alcoholic mother. Caring...

The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back

The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Pre WW1

The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back is a moving historical novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood. Can they claim what is rightfully theirs? From the moment Len came into their...

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