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Miss Jane

Miss Jane
  • Author(s): Brad Watson
  • Location(s): Mississippi
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson’s work has been as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, he explores the...

Miss Kim Knows

Miss Kim Knows
  • Author(s): Cho Nam-Joo
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A...

Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger

Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger
  • Author(s): Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Location(s): England, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

‘At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief.’ London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter with the mysterious Miss Lambert. Determined to defend her from the apparently hostile forces closing...

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
  • Author(s): Winifred Watson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn. The alluring nightclub singer, Delysia LaFosse, becomes her new...

Miss Wolcott’s Ghost

Miss Wolcott’s Ghost
  • Author(s): Louise Penny
  • Location(s): Québec
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘There’s a body in Lost Nation.’ But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Armand Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke...

Miss-Adventures

Miss-Adventures
  • Author(s): Amy Baker
  • Location(s): South America
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Watch out for men with too much wooden jewellery, Amy. I know what you’re like… you’ll let them sucker you in with their yoga chat but essentially, they’re unwashed… and you don’t want to put your face anywhere near...

Missing

Missing
  • Author(s): Tom Hauser
  • Location(s): Chile
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Political
  • Era(s): 1970s

Thomas Hauser’s book Missing is a true story and Hauser did not do much to novelize the book. Centered on the facts, the book unfolds with the breathtaking suspense and intrigue of a fully imagined political thriller. Missing explores...

Missing on Ilkley Moor

Missing on Ilkley Moor
  • Author(s): Ric Brady
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

When a girl disappears, a retired cop makes it his mission to find her… It’s a cold winter day when ex-DCI Henry Ward and his terrier Tessa come across a girl’s hat on Ilkley Moor. Not an uncommon find,...

Missing White Woman

Missing White Woman
  • Author(s): Kellye Garrett
  • Location(s): Manhattan, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Beautiful. Blonde. Missing. Murdered. It was supposed to be a romantic getaway to New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything – the train tickets, the sightseeing itinerary, the four-story Jersey City rowhouse with the gorgeous...

Missing You

Missing You
  • Author(s): Harlan Coben
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for decades come crashing down on her....

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