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The London Eye Mystery

The London Eye Mystery
  • Author(s): Siobhan Dowd
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern Day

A story about family, self-belief and bravery, The London Eye Mystery is a brilliantly inventive crime-caper perfect for fans of Enola Holmes, High-Rise Mystery and A Kind of Spark. 11.32 a.m. Ted and his sister Kat watch their cousin...

The Lost Apothecary

The Lost Apothecary
  • Author(s): Sarah Penner
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 18th century and present day

With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. Hidden in the depths...

The Lost Jewels

The Lost Jewels
  • Author(s): Kirsty Manning
  • Location(s): Cheapside
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1912 & present

Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she’s on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. But the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets that...

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
  • Author(s): Chanel Cleeton
  • Location(s): Boston, Havana, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s to contemporary

A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women–and their secrets–in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.   London, 2024: American expat...

The Love Child

The Love Child
  • Author(s): Rachel Hore
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1910s

When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby.  She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like...

The Luckiest Lady in London

The Luckiest Lady in London
  • Author(s): Sherry Thomas
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Victorian (late 19th century)

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. Felix himself almost believes this golden image. But underneath is a damaged soul soothed only by...

The Madness of July

The Madness of July
  • Author(s): James Naughtie
  • Location(s): London, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1970s

‘Secrets and regrets, ambition and venality. I have seldom come across a novel so redolent of le Carré.’ Charles Cumming London, mid-1970s. A sweltering July in Whitehall, and for Will Flemyng, foreign office minister, the temperature rises with each...

The Magic Toyshop

The Magic Toyshop
  • Author(s): Angela Carter
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult

This is a Gothic novel of Melanie who has to leave her childhood home and move to live with relatives, whom she has never met. Various characters populate this beautiful novel, including brooding Uncle Philip, who loves only the...

The Mallorcan Bookseller

The Mallorcan Bookseller
  • Author(s): Pete Davies
  • Location(s): Mallorca, Armenia, India, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

“Is Anna in?” It took just three words to change his life. Sam Martínez, a London detective, is put on sick leave suffering from PTSD resulting from a firearms incident that went wrong and his best friend was shot....

The Match

The Match
  • Author(s): Romesh Gunesekera
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon), London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

As a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny liked to play cricket. But none of his new friends in Manila were remotely interested. That is until the gorgeous Tina arrived, all poise and perfection. Three decades on, Sunny is settled...

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