- Location(s): Capri
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back to 1970s
In 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident. And every year, the family returns to...
- Location(s): Margate
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Margate is in the grip of a heatwave when David Whitehouse stumbles across the mysterious story of a local woman who lived on the ground floor of Saltwater Mansions, a block of flats not far from the sea. On...
- Location(s): Caribbean
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the bestselling author of Excavations, a hilarious page-turner about two estranged sisters turned amateur sleuths who reunite to take down the luxury yacht owner who destroyed their childhood home—and might be responsible for the dead body next door....
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Fascinating nonfiction read about the culture of snake handling Pentacostalists in Southern Appalachia. The author, a reporter for the New York Times, originally approached the story as a journalist covering an attempted murder trial: a snake handling preacher was...
- Location(s): Salzburg
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Literary Travel
- Era(s): Various
Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for its majestic baroque architecture, music, cathedrals, gardens. The city grew in power and wealth as the seat of prince-bishops, found international fame as the birthplace of the...
- Location(s): New Jersey, Niagara Falls (NY), Rhode Island, Rochester
- Genre(s): Biography, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Early 19th century
In the 1820s, a fellow named Sam Patch grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, working there (when he wasn’t drinking) as a mill hand for one of America’s new textile companies. Sam made a name for himself one day...
- Location(s): Bangladesh
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): modern
In a small village somewhere in rural Bangladesh an old man starts behaving in bizarre ways. Rashed, an undergraduate in Dacca, comes under police suspicion: presumed guilty of murder. A thousand-year-old book goes missing from a house in Shantinagar...
- Location(s): Chicago
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
At fifty-seven, Julia Ames has found herself with an improbably lovely life. Despite her inclination towards self-sabotage, she has a husband she loves, two happy children and a quiet, contented existence in the suburbs. But, out of the blue,...
- Location(s): Dallas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s and 1970s
Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the “Man” – in the 1960’s – by hopping a train....
- Location(s): Kentucky, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
In this extraordinary novel in two voices, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner’s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles. Meena and River have a lot...
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