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The Greek Escape

The Greek Escape
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Greece, Hydra, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Before every new beginning, there must be an ending . . . Running from heartbreak, Chloe Marston leaves her old life in London for a fresh start in New York. Working at a luxury concierge company, she makes other...

The Greek House

The Greek House
  • Author(s): Dinah Jefferies
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Corfu, 1934 The moment Thirza Caruthers sets foot on Corfu, memories flood back: the scent of jasmine, the green shutters of her family’s home — and her brother Billy’s tragic disappearance years before. Returning to the Greek house, high...

The Gypsy’s Dream #4

The Gypsy’s Dream #4
  • Author(s): Sara Alexi
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Cross at Dad, Abby, 17, boards a flight to Greece, but gets hopelessly lost and ends up in the wrong village. Alone, with very little money, no Greek and no way to contact her friend Jackie, who has lined...

The Holiday

The Holiday
  • Author(s): Erica James
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Torn between struggling to live up to the expectations of being a Modern Woman and ridding herself of the effect of a repressed upbringing, Izzy Jordan would be the first to admit that it’s time to take stock of...

The Island

The Island
  • Author(s): Victoria Hislop
  • Location(s): Spinalonga
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1950s/60s, Modern

On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother’s past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to...

The Last Island

The Last Island
  • Author(s): David Hogan
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A universal tale of escape, love and redemption. A Boston fireman, in an attempt to flee personal and professional tragedy, accepts a job as a bartender on a Greek island. In an isolated cove, he meets Kerryn, an animal...

The Late-Night News

The Late-Night News
  • Author(s): Petros Markaris
  • Location(s): Athens
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

This is the same book as Deadline in Athens. Costas Haritos, a CID chief in central Athens, is uncomfortably married, aggressive and pessimistic, and only manages to relax when he is at home reading his English dictionaries. A veteran...

The Machine Murders

The Machine Murders
  • Author(s): C J Abazis
  • Location(s): Mykonos
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A series of murders in the party island of Mykonos rocks the Web. A data scientist has less than a week to become a cop. Manos Manu arrives on the Greek island of Mykonos to attend a friend’s luxurious...

The Potter’s House

The Potter’s House
  • Author(s): Rosie Thomas
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Olivia Giorgiadis has left her English roots behind. She lives on a tiny Greek island, married to a local man, mother to two small sons. Year on year, island life has followed a peaceful unchanging rhythm. Until now. An...

The Secret Life of Alfred Nightingale

The Secret Life of Alfred Nightingale
  • Author(s): Rebecca Stonehill
  • Location(s): Matala
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2, 1967, 2011/13

A compelling page turner of a buried past resurfacing, set against a backdrop of the 1960’s youth culture and war torn Crete. 1967. Handsome but troubled, Jim is almost 18 and he lives and breathes girls, trad jazz, Eel...

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