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The Weight of Ink

The Weight of Ink
  • Author(s): Rachel Kadish
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1660s & early 21st century

Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a...

The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower
  • Author(s): Robert Preston
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1997

1997. A desperate government clings to power; a hungry opposition will do anything to win. And journalist Gil Peck watches from the sidelines, a respected commentator on the sport of power politics. He thinks he knows how things work....

The White Phoenix

The White Phoenix
  • Author(s): Catherine Randall
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1666

Shortlisted for the Historical Association Young Quills Award 2021. London, 1666. After the sudden death of her father, thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hopper and her mother must take over THE WHITE PHOENIX – the family bookshop in the shadow of St...

The Whitechapel Full Moon Society

The Whitechapel Full Moon Society
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Delozier
  • Location(s): London, Whitechapel
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Set in Victorian London during Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, this gripping, original novel is perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Dana Schwartz, and Sarah Penner. When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in...

The Whitechapel Full Moon Society

The Whitechapel Full Moon Society
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Delozier
  • Location(s): Whitechapel, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Set in Victorian London during Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, this gripping, original novel is perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Dana Schwartz, and Sarah Penner. When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in...

The Winter Belle

The Winter Belle
  • Author(s): Dilly Court
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th century

Escape into the world of Dilly Court with this unforgettable, festive historical drama, from the bestselling author of five million copies. Available to pre-order now As snowflakes carpet London’s cobbled streets, can Kitty protect her loved ones? When her...

The Winter Rose

The Winter Rose
  • Author(s): Jennifer Donnelly
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

It is 1900 and the dangerous streets of East London are no place for a well-bred woman. But India Selwyn Jones is headstrong: she has trained as one of a new breed, a woman doctor, and is determined to...

The Wish List

The Wish List
  • Author(s): Sophia Money-Coutts
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘You want me to write a list? Like a shopping list?’ Gwendolyn nodded. ‘Exactly. But for what you want from a man, not ASDA.’ Florence Fairfax isn’t lonely. She loves her job at the little bookshop in Chelsea and...

The Woman And The Ape

The Woman And The Ape
  • Author(s): Peter Høeg
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The woman is Madelene, rich, beautiful and alcoholic; the ape, intelligent and illegally imported to London by Madelene’s husband Burden. Burden has plans, so does Madelene, and so, as it happens, does the ape. This most controversial of Høeg’s...

The Word Is Murder

The Word Is Murder
  • Author(s): Anthony Horowitz
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor – enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service. Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a...

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