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The New Life

The New Life
  • Author(s): Tom Crewe
  • Location(s): London
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Oscar Wilde trial ignites public outcry, everything they long for could be under threat. After a lifetime navigating his desires, John, married...

The Night Bus Hero

The Night Bus Hero
  • Author(s): Onjali Q. Rauf
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘The boy’s an absolute menace.’ ‘He’s a bully. A lost cause!’ ‘Why can’t he be more like his sister?’ I’ve been getting into trouble for as long I can remember. Usually I don’t mind ‘cos some of my best,...

The Night Circus

The Night Circus
  • Author(s): Erin Morgenstern
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 19th Century

The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon iron gates reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn...

The Night in Venice

The Night in Venice
  • Author(s): A J Martin
  • Location(s): Venice, North London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

Venice, 1911. Monica is a fourteen-year-old with a wild imagination and an unbearably dull governess named Rose Driscoll. She was supposed to be entering the most exciting time of her life but, with her parents and uncle now dead,...

The Old Man in the Corner (The Teahouse Detective 1)

The Old Man in the Corner (The Teahouse Detective 1)
  • Author(s): Baroness Orczy
  • Location(s): England, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

Mysteries! There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elderly gentleman to young Polly Burton of the Evening Observer, in...

The One That I Want

The One That I Want
  • Author(s): Lynne Shelby
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Lucy Ashford lands a top job at a leading theatrical agency in London, work mixes with pleasure, as she literally falls into the arms of big screen heartthrob Daniel Miller. Handsome, charming and irresistible, Daniel is just what...

The Orphanage Girls Come Home

The Orphanage Girls Come Home
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): London, Canada
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1910/1919

‘These heartbreaking but also inspirational tales are full of the grit and hardship that have become hallmarks of a storyteller who writes straight from the heart.’ – Lancashire Evening Post London, 1910 When Amy is chosen to be a...

The Orphanage Girls Reunited

The Orphanage Girls Reunited
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW1

The Orphanage Girls come back together in The Orphanage Girls Reunited, the second installment of a moving wartime saga set in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, Mary Wood. Ellen Abandoned by her...

The Orphans

The Orphans
  • Author(s): Annemarie Neary
  • Location(s): Goa, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Eight-year-old Jess and her little brother were playing at the water’s edge when their parents vanished. For hours the children held hands and waited for them to return. But nobody ever came back. Years later, Jess has become a...

The Other Couple

The Other Couple
  • Author(s): Sarah J Naughton
  • Location(s): Vietnam, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It was meant to be the perfect honeymoon. A five-star resort in paradise. White sands, a private villa and world-class cuisine. A chance for newlyweds Asha and Ollie Graveney to recover from a recent tragedy, and enjoy the holiday...

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