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Undercliff

Undercliff
  • Author(s): Mark Brand
  • Location(s): South London, Branscombe, Sidmouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1972

It’s the summer of 1972, and 30-something divorcee Martyn returns to London after some years away. He joins the Olive Grove, a religious community, where he forms a relationship with Amelia. Over time Martyn becomes suspicious of the Olive...

Unkempt Secrets from The War

Unkempt Secrets from The War
  • Author(s): Jennifer Malech
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930's

Living in London, England during the wake of World War II, Nel Rosenberg, a German girl, finds herself facing great opposition, especially after falling for William Beckham who is neither of her class nor race. As war continues to...

Unravelled Knots (The Teahouse Detective 3)

Unravelled Knots (The Teahouse Detective 3)
  • Author(s): Baroness Orczy
  • Location(s): England, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

Unravelled Knots is the third classic collection of mysteries featuring the Teahouse Detective, the famous armchair detective who solves a variety of baffling mysteries, set all over Edwardian Britain, from the comfort of the ABC Tearooms on Norfolk Terrace.

Unscripted

Unscripted
  • Author(s): Claire Handscombe
  • Location(s): London, Cambridge, Pasadena
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2010s

Nobody is a bigger fan of actor Thomas Cassidy than Libby is. Nobody. That’s why she’s totally going to marry him. She is going to write a novel, name the main character after Thom, and find a way to...

Until Proven Innocent

Until Proven Innocent
  • Author(s): Nicola Williams
  • Location(s): Peckham, South London
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lee Mitchell #1 When the teenage son of a south London pastor is shot at point-blank range, shockwaves echo through the close-knit community. For barrister Lee Mitchell, born and raised in Peckham, the murder hits close to home. And...

Unveiling Venus

Unveiling Venus
  • Author(s): Sophia Bennett
  • Location(s): London, Venice
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Victorian Era

In the gossip-fuelled world of Victorian London, Persephone Lavelle is the name on everyone’s lips. As Mary’s secret identity is exposed and rumours fly, she flees the scandal by escaping to Venice. Lost among the twisting alleyways and shadowy...

V for Victory

V for Victory
  • Author(s): Lissa Evans
  • Location(s): Hampstead
  • Genre(s): Cli-fi, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

It’s late 1944. Hitler’s rockets are slamming down on London with vicious regularity and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Allied victory is on its way, but it’s bloody well dragging its feet. In a large house next...

Vile Bodies

Vile Bodies
  • Author(s): Evelyn Waugh
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A...

Viper’s Nest of Lies

Viper’s Nest of Lies
  • Author(s): Daniella Bernett
  • Location(s): London, Malta
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Twice dead…A living nightmare The discovery of a blood-encrusted stiletto knife in journalist Emmeline Kirby’s bag at Heathrow Airport sets in motion a chain of events that ensnares everyone she holds dear. The body of Sebastian Jardine is soon...

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
  • Author(s): Marcus Sedgwick, Alexis Deacon (Illustrator), Julian Sedgwick
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): World War 2

A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London. Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a...

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