- Location(s): Rome, Ozieri, Sardinia (Sardegna), Sicily
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1968
Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu’s brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for...
The Last Days of El Comandante
- Location(s): Caracas
- Genre(s): Fiction
Venezuela 2012: The President’s illness casts a shadow over the lives of his citizens – he divides opinion, but life without him is almost unimaginable. Miguel Sanabria is a retired oncologist, ambivalent towards the President but caught between a...
- Location(s): Isle of Mull
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Fantastic. Excellent. Incredible. I could not put this one down for the life of me.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A stunner! I guarantee you’ll put everything on hold until you arrive at the shocking final scenes. Without a doubt, one...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
Paris 1944. To save her people, she served the enemy. In enemy-occupied Paris, as the locals go to bed starving and defeated by the war, music and laughter spills through the door of a little restaurant, crowded with German...
- Location(s): The Bronx, China, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Legacy of of Elizabeth Pringle
- Location(s): Isle of Arran
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 20th Century
Born just before the First World War, Elizabeth Pringle has been a familiar yet solitary figure on the Scottish island of Arran. A dutiful daughter, an inspirational teacher, a gardener. But did anyone really know her? When Elizabeth dies,...
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A legendary love, an unforgiving curse, and the discovery of a lifetime . . . Centuries ago a vengeful curse buried itself deep into the history of the MacLaoch clan and become a legendary tale told by all those...
- Location(s): Brixton
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers… Rosemary has lived in Brixton all her life, but everything she knows is changing. Only the local lido, where she swims every day, remains a constant reminder of the...
- Location(s): Shetland Islands
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1942 World War Two
From the heart of Norway to Shetland in Scotland, one couple fight to overthrow the Nazis… 1942, Nazi-occupied Norway Schoolteacher Astrid Dahl has always kept out of trouble. But when she is told to teach the fascist Nazi curriculum,...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Yorkshire, 1979 Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South. Because of the murders. Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn’t an...
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