Origin: (Robert Langdon Book 5)
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever”. The evening’s host is his friend and former student,...
- Location(s): Orkney Islands
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
All families have secrets. But some have more secrets than others. Jim is a brilliant raconteur whose stories get taller with each glass of whisky. His daughter Sam thinks it’s time she found out the truth about her dad....
- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
New-found witch and eco-warrior Orla is up against some seriously dark magic in this creepy and funny adventure, the second in the series. Orla, her brothers and Dave the dog are on holiday in Norfolk, visiting their eccentric Uncle...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
- Era(s): Present
A spooky and darkly comic adventure set in Cornwall – Famous Five with a twist. Orla thought she was in for a relaxing family holiday, but when she finds a mysterious glowing necklace in the woods, it turns out...
- Location(s): Germany
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): WW2, 1939
A teenage spy. A Nazi boarding school. The performance of a lifetime. Sarah has played many roles – but now she faces her most challenging of all. Because there’s only one way for a Jewish orphan spy to survive...
- Location(s): Taiwan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): pre WW2
Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu’s...
- Location(s): Pakistan, England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
“I’ve told you before, and I will tell you again, if you are unable to read the Holy Book you will be punished.” The teacher’s face was a mask of anger. “Understand?” Born in 1975 in the UK to...
- Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): early 21st century
When his wife dies in childbirth, Zambian conservationist Simon Hartley pours his life into raising his daughter and his orphan elephants. He has no time, or desire, to fall in love again. Or so he thinks. Wanting to escape...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1911 onwards
Nice, France, 1911: After three years of marriage, young seamstress Marcela Caretto has finally had enough. Her husband, Michael, an ambitious tailor, has become cruel and controlling and she determines to get a divorce. But while awaiting the judges’...
- Location(s): Yorkshire Dales, London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 and late 20th century
The ones you leave behind are the ones that stay with you forever… When Madeleine Belfield loses her family and her home in the Blitz, she is sent to love with relatives in the relative safety of the Yorkshire...
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