Summers Under the Tamarind Tree
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Food and Drink, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Summers Under the Tamarind Tree is a contemporary Pakistani cookbook celebrating the varied, exciting and often-overlooked cuisine of a beautiful country. Former lawyer-turned-food writer and cookery teacher Sumayya Usmani captures the rich and aromatic pleasure of Pakistani cooking through...
- Location(s): Cape Town
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee’s new book follows a young biographer as he works on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. The biographer embarks on a series of interviews with people who were important to Coetzee...
- Location(s): Boston
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
THE SEAFARER IS THE PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN IN THE SUMMER… With its rich history and famous guests, the glamorous Boston hotel is no stranger to drama. But the bustle at the iconic property reaches new heights...
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
- Location(s): Perpignan, The Mediterranean
- Genre(s): Fiction, Noir
- Era(s): Modern
#worldnoir It’s the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore and the town is full of tourists. Two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day’s...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest...
- Location(s): Nova Scotia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden—and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother whose glowing smile had captured the heart of everyone who’d...
- Location(s): Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): early 21st century
Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two weeks ago, Becca Eckersley, a first-year law student and daughter of a...
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
An epic love story and adventure set against the stunning backdrop of Antarctica. Alice Peel is a geologist. She believes in observation and proof. But now she stands alone on the deck of a rickety Chilean ship as a...
- Location(s): Kiruna
- Genre(s): Thriller, In Translation
On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies mutilated and defiled–and in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall….So begins Åsa Larsson’s spellbinding thriller, winner of...
- Location(s): The Canary Islands (Gran Canaria), Las Vegas, Tenerife
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Kat swore off dating many years ago, after her marriage ended in a catastrophic mess. Having moved to the Canary Islands for a fresh start, she has never had much time for romance, channelling all her energy into managing...
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