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A Bear Called Paddington

A Bear Called Paddington
  • Author(s): Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): London, Peru
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

“A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.” Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then...

A Beautiful Spy

A Beautiful Spy
  • Author(s): Rachel Hore
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s/30s

Minnie Gray is an ordinary young woman. She is also a spy for the British government. It all began in the summer of 1928… Minnie is supposed to find a nice man, get married and have children. The problem...

A Beautiful Way to Die

A Beautiful Way to Die
  • Author(s): Eleni Kyriacou
  • Location(s): Hollywood, London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1950s

PLAY THEIR GAME Hollywood, 1953. Young actress Ginny Watkins is turning heads. Even the legendary – and married – actor Max Whitman can’t resist the allure of the hottest new starlet. He promises Ginny the world, in return for...

A Bicycle Made For Two

A Bicycle Made For Two
  • Author(s): Mary Jayne Baker
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

In a beautiful lost corner of the Yorkshire Dales, Lana Donati hatches a plan to boost business for the area by having the Grand Départ route pass through their village. But it’s not an easy task persuading the decision-makers...

A Bird in Winter

A Bird in Winter
  • Author(s): Louise Doughty
  • Location(s): England, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From Birmingham to the Isle of Noss…. Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she’s in a meeting in her office in Birmingham – the next, she’s walking out on her job, her home, her life. It’s...

A Bit of Difference

A Bit of Difference
  • Author(s): Sefi Atta
  • Location(s): Nigeria, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity. When her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her...

A Blood Condition

A Blood Condition
  • Author(s): Kayo Chingonyi
  • Location(s): Leeds, London, Zambezi River
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): N/A

The moving, expansive, and dazzling second collection from award-winning poet Kayo Chingonyi A Blood Condition tells a story of inheritance – the people, places, cultures and memories that form us. Kayo Chingonyi explores how distance and time, nations and...

A Body at the Christmas Book Fair

A Body at the Christmas Book Fair
  • Author(s): Helen Cox
  • Location(s): York
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

While making merry at the York Christmas Book Fair, Kitt Hartley finds herself drawn into a murder mystery with a festive twist. The victim is Leonard Bell, a festival volunteer who suddenly drops dead during his performance of A...

A Botanist’s Guide To Parties And Poisons

A Botanist’s Guide To Parties And Poisons
  • Author(s): Kate Khavari
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1923

London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh attends a dinner party for the University College of London. While she expects to engage in conversations about the university s large expedition to the Amazon, she doesn’t expect Mrs. Henry,...

A Business Affair

A Business Affair
  • Author(s): Susan Willis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 2021

Helen is thirty-nine and a food specialist in making Japanese Sushi. After her husband confesses to his latest affair, their marriage is over. With the big 40 rapidly approaching, Helen decides to leave her frumpy image behind and have...

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