- Location(s): Iowa
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 1900s
On the night of December 1, 1900, Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife, Margaret. On April 11, 1901, after five days of testimony before an all-male jury, Margaret Hossack...
- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1949/50
Bombay, New Year’s Eve, 1949 As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city’s most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after...
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
- Location(s): Denver
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When a bookshop patron commits suicide, it’s his favorite store clerk who must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this fiendishly clever debut novel. Lydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul—an ancient crossroads and...
- Location(s): New Orleans
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): Modern
Ever since Declan Fitzgerald saw dilapidated Manet Hall, on the outskirts of New Orleans, he’s been enchanted – and obsessed – by it. Determined to restore the rooms to their former splendour, Declan begins the daunting renovation. But spending...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Paranormal
- Era(s): Modern
From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse, the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a new, darker world – populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it. Welcome to Midnight,...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
Berlin, 1938. Newly-appointed military attache Noel Macrae and his extrovert wife Primrose arrive at the British Embassy. Prime Minister Chamberlain is intent on placating Nazi Germany, but Macrae is less so. Convinced that Hitler can be stopped by other...
- Location(s): Pripyat/Chernobyl
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1980s
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and...
- Location(s): Nottingham
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1906, early 20th century
In the darkness of night, magic awaits… The Nutcracker for adults, perfect for fans of Robert Dinsdale’s The Toymakers, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber’s Caraval ’It was a rainy day that the magic came, and once...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
Ten years. Two people. One last visit… Sophie and Tom first visited Paris together as students. During their weekend away in the world’s most romantic city, falling in love – with the place, and each other – was simply...
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