- Location(s): North Korea
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
In 1989, a North Korean dissident writer, known to us only by the pseudonym Bandi, began to write a series of stories about life under Kim Il-sung’s totalitarian regime. Smuggled out of North Korea and set for publication around...
- Location(s): Glasgow
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 2021
When Private Investigator Charlie Cameron agrees to take on a cold case, he is drawn back into Glasgow’s dark underworld… Glasgow PI Charlie Cameron knew Kim Rafferty was bad news the moment they met. Desperate people always spelled trouble...
- Location(s): West Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): Late twentieth century
From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, these tales transform a fictional West Texas town into a tapestry of human experiences. “A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
At long last, Adam Sealey has an Oscar within reach. Working with his controversial former mentor, Jonathan, he’s given the performance of a lifetime, and he almost believes it might be worth the cost. Because Adam subscribes to “the...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): Various
The Actual Star takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents—telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle. Braided together are the stories of a...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1884/1984
Sara, a servant in 1884 is given the opportunity to move to America and manage the grand New York apartment house, The Dakota. It offers her a world of possibility, including being close to the Dakota’s famous architect, Theo....
- Location(s): Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
- Era(s): 2016 / 1912
In 2016, Patricia Findlay leaves a high-powered career to move to Hong Kong, where she hopes to rekindle the bonds of family and embrace the city of her ancestors. Instead, she is overwhelmed by feelings of displacement and depression....
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
- Era(s): Turn of the 20th Century
The adventure of the devil’s foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in Cornwall one spring , but the holiday ends with a bizarre event. Another classic adventure from Sherlock holmes, a great...