- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Noir, Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
In these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe tell of dark doings in sunny places. Join them in the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, Seville at midnight, and on the morning beachfront of Ghana...
- Location(s): Harlem, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
In a lyrical, captivating debut set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and glittering Jazz Age Paris, Joe Okonkwo creates an evocative story of emotional and artistic awakening. On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded...
Katharina Luther: Nun, Rebel, Wife
- Location(s): Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony Anhalt
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 16th Century
On 31st October 1517 Martin Luther pinned ninety-five theses on the Castle Church door, Wittenberg, criticizing the Church of Rome; they were printed and published by Lucas Cranach and caused a storm. Nine young nuns, intoxicated by Luther’s subversive...
- Location(s): The North East (England)
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND He’ll make you his angel, but first you have to die… After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan’s life is finally beginning to return to normal and he’s looking forward to spending an...
- Location(s): The Faroe Islands
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern looking back to WW2
Having left the Faroes as a child, Jan Reyna is now a British police detective, and the islands are foreign to him. But he is drawn back when his estranged father is found unconscious with a shotgun by his...
The Other Side of Silence ( Bernie Gunther #11)
- Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1950s
The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler’s 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and...