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This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year
  • Author(s): Sophie Cousens
  • Location(s): Hampstead
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

PRIMROSE HILL/HAMPSTEAD HEATH The instant New York Times bestseller adored by readers around the world! Curl up with the refreshingly romantic and unputdownable rom-com which has everyone falling head over heels… Get ready to fall for this year’s most...

Threadneedle

Threadneedle
  • Author(s): Cari Thomas
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): N/A

Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. ‘Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end …’ Anna’s Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic....

Tiger Skin Rug

Tiger Skin Rug
  • Author(s): Joan Haig
  • Location(s): India, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure. Fly into the night with this enchanting tale of friendship, family, and what it means to find home. Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges,...

Time Passes

Time Passes
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): Yorkshire, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1941,1965

It is 1941, and the world is at war. Young Theresa Compton is left devastated after giving up her illegitimate child and joins the Special Operations Executive, an organisation of undercover agents working behind enemy lines. Her mission is...

To Retribution

To Retribution
  • Author(s): F J Curlew
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London, The Scottish Borders
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020's

The military is in control. Tight control. Media is censored, movement restricted. There are re-education camps for trouble makers, repatriation camps for non-nationals. Jake, Brian and Suze, three idealistic young journalists, are used to hiding as they try to...

Today South London, Tomorrow South London

Today South London, Tomorrow South London
  • Author(s): Andrew Grumbridge, Vince Raison
  • Location(s): South London
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

South London-based blog, Deserter, is an alt guide to living and loafing in the wonky wonderland south of the river. Its authors, under their noms de plume Dulwich Raider and Dirty South, record off-beat days out and urban adventures...

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, London
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

When Frank starts working with old people, he reignites a young dream. And sets out to make it come true. As Frank Kusy turns 27 he is unexpectedly put in charge of an old people’s home in Clapham, South...

Tower of Vengeance

Tower of Vengeance
  • Author(s): Samantha Ward-Smith
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 13TH Century

Tower of London 1214… Maude de Mandeville is dying. Murdered by a poisoned egg for rejecting King John’s advances. As she stands before Death, she makes a pact with the Devil to avenge her murder and return as a...

Trains and Lovers

Trains and Lovers
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, England, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Imagine you’re on a train. Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are or have been, and the different experiences you’ve all had. But there is one more thing that you undoubtedly...

Traitor’s Legacy

Traitor’s Legacy
  • Author(s): S J Parris
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 1500s

England, 1598. Queen Elizabeth’s successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge. When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queen’s spymaster Robert Cecil calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate. A...

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