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Promise of Purity

Promise of Purity
  • Author(s): Marguerite Martin Gray
  • Location(s): Hampton Court
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1661

Is true purity found in the laws of religion or in the hearts of the faithful? East Molesey, England, 1661 With the return of the exiled king to his rightful throne, Kate Sinclair’s world of black and white now...

Proof Toxic

Proof Toxic
  • Author(s): Susan Parry
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Current

Simon Pringle’s elderly colleague, Professor Benson, is worried that the police suspect he killed his wife, Dawn. Simon is reluctant to be drawn into the family’s trauma, but stepdaughter, Rachel, insists that he finds out how her mother died....

Properties of Thirst

Properties of Thirst
  • Author(s): Marianne Wiggins
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a novel destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II about the...

Property Values

Property Values
  • Author(s): Charles DeMers
  • Location(s): Vancouver
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The worlds of urban gentrification, overpriced real estate, and gang violence collide in this wry and sardonic crime novel by author and comedian Charles Demers. As a shaky truce between suburban gangsters starts to unravel, schlubby civilian Scott Clark...

Prophet Annie

Prophet Annie
  • Author(s): Ellen Recknor
  • Location(s): Arizona
  • Genre(s): Historical, Humour
  • Era(s): Old West (late 19th century)

Annie Pinkerton Boone Newcastle’s wedding night is one she wouldn’t soon forget. One moment she’s arriving in the practically barbarian Arizona Territory for a prearranged marriage—the next she’s a widow. The honeymoon has just begun when her newly acquired,...

Prophet Song

Prophet Song
  • Author(s): Paul Lynch
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Future, Dystopian, Fiction
  • Era(s): Future

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find...

Prophets and Princes

Prophets and Princes
  • Author(s): Mark Weston
  • Location(s): Saudi Arabia
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 20th century /21st century

Saudi Arabia: oil–rich, devoutly Muslim, and a vital ally To many in the West, Saudi Arabia is easy to criticize. It is the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. Saudi women are not...

Prosecco and Promises

Prosecco and Promises
  • Author(s): A L Michael
  • Location(s): Ischia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 21st Century

A feel-good story of self-discovery and love, join Mia in the beautiful Italian island of Ischia. Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Lindsey Kelk and Lucy Vine. Since her mother died when Mia was a child, her dad has...

Prosecco Pink (Franki Amato Mysteries #2)

Prosecco Pink (Franki Amato Mysteries #2)
  • Author(s): Traci Andrighetti
  • Location(s): New Orleans
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Humour
  • Era(s): Comtemporary

For PI Franki Amato, New Orleans is anything but The Big Easy. Her best friend and employer has assigned her an unsettling investigation—the murder of a gorgeous cosmetics CEO at an allegedly haunted plantation. Adding to Franki’s stress, her...

Proud of You

Proud of You
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

A heartfelt historical saga from Mary Wood, Proud of You is a page-turning novel with a compelling mystery at its heart. Alice, an upper-class Londoner, is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris where she meets...

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