The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
- Location(s): The Sudan, Darfur
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals,...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Late 19th Century
When the mutilated corpse of a beautiful dancer is found in a Montmartre sewer, a nervous public fears that Jack the Ripper has crossed the Channel—but Inspector Achille Lefebvre has his own theories. Amid the hustle and bustle of...
The Devil That Danced on the Water
- Location(s): Sierra Leone
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s
An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna’s intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African childhood –...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Current times
In a quiet corner of Edinburgh, Cat Thomas is going through hell. She’s tried everything. He respects nothing. If your neighbour was making your life hell… Would you call upon the devil? Cat Thomas, a brilliant fraud investigator, has...
- Location(s): Chartres, Cairo, Marseilles (Marseille), Sicily
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Thirteenth Century CE
Gui is a troubled priest who has been shielding his secret family for years. Agnes, his beloved, is a falsely-accused heretic he rescued from the Inquisition’s pyre. Their son Etienne, unaware of his father’s true identity, is coming of...
- Location(s): Bulgaria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Sam, a University of Toronto History student, receives a letter informing him that he has inherited some property in Bulgaria, the country of his parents. Somewhat reluctantly, he decides to go there accompanied by his best friend Ben, a...