The Case of the Man who Died Laughing
- Location(s): Delhi
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Tarquin Hall’s second novel is a great read for those interested in India, its people, and its customs. It features Vish Puri a 50 year old detective in Delhi with a large family who often features in his sleuthing....
The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri 1)
- Location(s): Delhi
- Genre(s): Crime, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
We plunge into the intimate life of Indian culture, with Vish Puri, skilled detective, and through him experience the bowels of Indian life. This debut finds him checking out the suspiciously squeaky-clean groom of the daughter of a strict...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Current
A girl struggling to fit in. A homeless kitten. An unexpected job offer in an unfamiliar country that changes everything. CJ had a long history of escaping places and people she wasn’t fond of. But for the sake of...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
‘The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud’s so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer’s intention to make St Cloud’s his home.’...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Autofiction
- Era(s): 2016
From Nicola Lagioia, winner of the Strega Prize for Fiction, a spellbinding literary thriller based on the true story of one of the most vicious crimes in recent Italian history. An intoxicating novel that takes readers on a surprising...
- Location(s): South India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international engineers,arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him his young wife, Helen, and a strong team of aides and skilled men. They are faced with a formidable challenge,...
- Location(s): Dordogne
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
No 14 in the Dordogne Mysteries Bruno Courreges is Chief of Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime. But...
- Location(s): Rome, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1887 /2019
It’s Rome in 1887, and Lafanu Brown is ready to tell her fiancé the story of her difficult life, how she came from a poor family and audaciously decided to become an artist. In the wake of the American...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1933 - 1947
1933, Berlin. Ten-year-old Hanni Foss stands by her father’s side watching the torchlit procession to celebrate Adolf Hitler as Germany’s new leader. As the lights fade, she knows her safe and happy childhood is about to change forever. Practically...
- Location(s): Belgrade, Granada, Istanbul (Constantinople), Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 1960s
Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul. Except this isn’t the first time they have met. It’s the 1960s, and Louise is running. From her past in England, from the owners...
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