“Where you staying?” the Bedouin asked. “Why you not stay with me tonight – in my cave?”‘ Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen’s story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin...

A wonderful memoir of love in one of the happiest, most secret places in the world. As one of the few Americans to have lived in Bhutan, Leaming offers a rare glimpse into the quirky mountain kingdom so many...

Jazz Fest is in full swing in The Big Easy, but PI Franki Amato is singing the blues. The owner of an historic Italian grocery and deli is murdered in a manner eerily reminiscent of the Axeman of New...

A spate of abductions and subsequent deaths in nearby départements have Investigator, Jacques Forêt, perplexed. Returning from extended leave to the news of a local kidnapping, Jacques is on the case immediately. And this time it’s personal. But the...

Marseille provides magnificent material for writing. For a long time, when it still had its eye on the sea, it was in fact a veritable ‘open city’ for writers on shore leave. It welcomed the greatest globe-trotting writers in...

Living and working in Snowdonia was always retired detective Frank Marshal’s dream. Until a phone call asking for his help turns it into his worst nightmare.   Retired detective Frank Marshal lives in a remote part of Snowdonia with...

Martha’s Cross is the first book in a series of four, featuring Sue Gupta. She is an accidental detective whose maiden venture is solving a murder that took place sixty years ago in the small town of Bhind. While...

A tight, close-up little drama with rural characters, including slow Sianco who keeps his terrier under his jumper at all times . Their farmhouse is Graig-ddu ( Black Rock ); The orchard came right up behind the house, making...

Martin Dressler is a turn-of-the-century New York City entrepreneur who begins in his father’s cigar store but dreams of a bigger empire. That dream shapes into a series of large hotels. At first, Dressler seems the archetypal American success...

The novel Martin Kačur, which dates from 1907, tells the engrossing story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust...