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Rising Tide

Rising Tide
  • Author(s): Susan Roebuck
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Time, and most of Portugal, has almost forgotten Luminosa, a small fishing community on the Alentejo coast. A cluster of white and blue cottages huddle under the cliffs overshadowed by the great manor of Herdade Albatroz whose family has...

Ritual of Fire

Ritual of Fire
  • Author(s): D V Bishop
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1530s

(Cesare Aldo series Book 3) Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into...

Ritual Sins

Ritual Sins
  • Author(s): Anne Stuart
  • Location(s): Alabama
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Rachel Connery is on a seek-and-destroy mission, out for revenge against the mysterious, charismatic man who enticed millions of dollars from her dying mother and cheated her out of her inheritance. She wants retribution and is willing to use...

River

River
  • Author(s): Esther Kinsky
  • Location(s): East London, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

In RIVER, a woman moves to a London suburb for reasons that are unclear. She takes long, solitary walks by the River Lea, observing and describing her surroundings and the unusual characters she encounters. Over the course of these...

RIVER OF BODIES

RIVER OF BODIES
  • Author(s): Nicola Clifford
  • Location(s): Mid Wales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Are two dead bodies the result of a fateful tryst or something even more sinister? When a woman is found drowned in her workplace after a flood, and a man shot dead near her, the police have an obvious...

RIVER OF BODIES

RIVER OF BODIES
  • Author(s): Nicola Clifford
  • Location(s): Mid Wales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

When a woman is found drowned in her workplace after a flood, and a man shot dead near her, the police have an obvious line of inquiry. Given she was meant to be on a night out with girlfriends,...

River of Gods

River of Gods
  • Author(s): Ian McDonald
  • Location(s): Varanasi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2047

As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj the...

River of Secrets

River of Secrets
  • Author(s): Roger Johns
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present

Herbert Marioneaux, a Louisiana politician infamous for changing his mind on hot-button issues, has been murdered and his body posed to send a message. Baton Rouge homicide detective Wallace Hartman has to figure out who’s sending that message. DNA...

River of Stars

River of Stars
  • Author(s): Georgina Moore
  • Location(s): Richmond-upon-Thames
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s / present

Jo hasn’t seen Oliver since that magical, life-changing summer when their idyllic island paradise was shattered. Growing up on Walnut Tree Island, they were everything to each other, defying a feud that fractured their families decades before. If first...

River of the Dead

River of the Dead
  • Author(s): Barbara Nadel
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople), Mardin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Inspector Ikmen Mystery 11) Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has escaped from Istanbul prison. He appears to have had inside help… Inspector Cetin Ikmen is called to investigate Kaya’s contacts in the city, while Inspector Suleyman heads...

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