- Location(s): Queens, Netherlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century onwards
A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women–two sisters and their mother–in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
After travelling to over seventy countries and living on five, the author distills the best undiscovered destinations and shares insider advice. Searching for Unique is meant for travellers seeking hidden sights that most people overlook or simply do not...
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
An affair between 55-year-old widow Binta Zubairu and 25-year-old weed dealer Reza was bound to provoke condemnation in conservative Northern Nigeria. Brought together in unusual circumstances, Binta and Reza faced a need they could only satisfy in each other....
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
Animals talk…if you know how to listen. Robin Calloway has always been special–a misfit who lives more in her own head than the real world. Even her father thinks she’s crazy. So when her brother is found murdered, she’s...
Season of Migration to the North
- Location(s): The Sudan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to...
- Location(s): Bangladesh
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Winner, Book of the Year and Christina Stead Prize, New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards 1994 Winner, Best First Book, Southeast Asia and South Pacific Region, Commonwealth Writers Prize 1995 Shortlisted, Age Book of the Year Award 1994 Shortlisted,...
- Location(s): Berlin, Buenos Aires
- Genre(s): Comedy, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Psychiatrist Mats Krüger knows that his irrational fear of flying is just that – irrational. He knows that flying is nineteen times safer than driving. He also knows that if something does happen on a plane, the worst place...
SEAT 97: wrong place, wrong time: the mystery of a very public murder
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Present day
A man who had it coming, or mistaken identity? People are finding their seats for a soul concert when a shot rings out. David Barron crumples to the floor. Next to him, journalist Nick Colton and his wife, Greta,...
- Location(s): South Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1805
Thirteen-year-old Michael knows he is lucky. Few slaves in 1805 Charleston are where they want to be. But Michael works on the docks and ships in Charleston Harbor, close to the seas he longs to sail. Life seems good....
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller byNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway...
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