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The Accusation

The Accusation
  • Author(s): Bandi
  • 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...

The Accused

The Accused
  • Author(s): Owen Mullen
  • 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...

The Acorn Stories

The Acorn Stories
  • Author(s): Duane Simolke
  • 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...

The Acrobats of Agra

The Acrobats of Agra
  • Author(s): Robin Scott-Elliot
  • Location(s): Agra
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1857

Agra 1857, the Indian rebellion. Three children are trying to make their way through a country at war with a circus tiger in search of safety. Jacques is a boy acrobat who has lost his circus; Beatrice ( Bea)...

The Actor

The Actor
  • Author(s): Chris MacDonald
  • 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...

The Actual Star

The Actual Star
  • Author(s): Monica Byrne
  • 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...

The Address

The Address
  • Author(s): Fiona Davis
  • 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....

The Admiral’s Wife

The Admiral’s Wife
  • Author(s): M K Tod
  • 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 Adonis Touch

The Adonis Touch
  • Author(s): Rosemary Gemmell
  • Location(s): Cyprus
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Katie and Mike holiday on Cyprus, in separate rooms. After the untimely death of her first husband and only lover, can Katie put the past behind her, let go of her inhibitions and learn to love again? Mischievous Aphrodite...

The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot

The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
  • Author(s): Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 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...

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