- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Set around London – Kings Cross, Brixton, The City and Belgravia…. London is under siege. A banking scandal has filled the city with violent protests, and as the anger in the streets detonates, a young homeless man burns to...
The Cartography of Others – Short Stories
- Location(s): Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, London, Mali, Paris, Sydney
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
A Japanese soprano sets sail for arid, haunted Corsica where she seeks her lost voice. A nude woman at the window of a Hong Kong hotel watches her lover dine in an adjacent building, but is her desire faltering?...
The Case of the Love Commandos (Vish Puri 4)
- Location(s): Agra, Delhi, Luknow
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman’s parents are dead set against the union. She’s from a high-caste family: he’s an Untouchable, from the lowest strata of Indian society. Young Tulsi’s father locks her up and...
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,...
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