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Overseas

Overseas
  • Author(s): Beatriz Williams
  • Location(s): France, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 20th Century and Modern

‘…a heady blend of wit, charm, and romantic sizzle, all wrapped around a tantalizing mystery.’ Anne Fortier, New York Times bestselling author When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a...

Pendulum

Pendulum
  • Author(s): Adam Hamdy
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

‘James Patterson calls it “one of the best thrillers of the year”, and it is plain to see why…told at a great pace, has a strong central character and a snaking plot’ – Daily Mail You wake. Confused. Disorientated....

Pineapple Street

Pineapple Street
  • Author(s): Jenny Jackson
  • Location(s): Brooklyn, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This unputdownable debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected,...

Portrait of a Spy

Portrait of a Spy
  • Author(s): Daniel Silva
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC), World
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Gabriel Allon and his wife Chiara,his Italian wife are still trying to retire to the English countryside and really go back to art restoration. Gabriel Allon, secret agent, assassin and master art restorer, returns in a spellbinding new novel...

Queens Noir

Queens Noir
  • Author(s): Robert Knightly (Editor)
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

On the heels of Brookly, Manhattan and the Bronx, the borough of Queens enters the chamber of Noir. Queens county is lthe largest borough, accomodating two beaches, two airports, Aqueduct Racetrack, three elevated train structures and Shea Stadium. Queens

Relative Fortunes

Relative Fortunes
  • Author(s): Marlowe Benn
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

In 1920s New York, the price of a woman’s independence can be exorbitant—even fatal. In 1924 Manhattan, women’s suffrage is old news. For sophisticated booklover Julia Kydd, life’s too short for politics. With her cropped hair and penchant for...

Reservation Blues

Reservation Blues
  • Author(s): Sherman Alexie
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Seattle, Washington State
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century

Only Big Mom can help when you’ve made a deal with the Devil. Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. Thomas Builds-the-Fire shows him the way and finds himself owner of the great...

Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility
  • Author(s): Amor Towles
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 1930s

Set in New York City in 1938, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year- old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit,...

Saints of New York

Saints of New York
  • Author(s): R J Ellory
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000s

‘Saints of New York pulls no punches with a gritty and unsettling narrative that cements Ellory’s reputation as a rising star of crime fiction… uncompromising and utterly compelling.’ (WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY )

Secret New York: Colouring for mindfulness

Secret New York: Colouring for mindfulness
  • Author(s): Zoé de Las Cases
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Miscellaneous
  • Era(s): Modern

Enjoy walking along the vast avenues, breathing in the unique atmosphere of Brooklyn and admiring the Statue of Liberty. Discover this city in perpetual motion, its energy and elegance. Get rid of your stress and decorate the city of...

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