- Location(s): Johannesburg, South Africa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Celia Mphephu works as a maid for Mr and Mrs Steiner in a leafy, white man’s suburb of 1960s Johannesburg. When racial tensions in the country reach fever pitch and the Steiners plan to relocate to England, they offer...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
When an ex-con meets an untimely death, the investigation has a slippery start Found bound and beaten in a warehouse, a convicted criminal leaves a cryptic message before he croaks on the way to hospital. What did he know...
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
- Location(s): Lagos, London, Singapore
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The British Science Fiction Award-nominated and Nebula Finalist debut novel from Wole Talabi. This contemporary fantasy is filled with the mythos of Nigeria and features Yoruba gods liberating an artefact from the depths of the British Museum. Shigidi is...
- Location(s): North Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): early 2000s
When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit Southern community...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
A debut unlike any other, Shine, Shine, Shine is a shocking, searing, breathless love story, a gripping portrait of modern family, and a stunning exploration of love, death and what it means to be human. Sunny Mann has masterminded...
- Location(s): West Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
An hour from the closest West Virginia mining town, fifteen-year-old Wren Bird lives in a cloistered mountain cabin with her parents. They have no car, no mailbox, and no visitors-except for her mother’s lifelong best friend. Every Sunday, Wren’s...
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Early 20th century
There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn’t have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Late Edwardian period
From the author of the internationally bestselling novel, WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT, comes a breathtaking tale of secrets, betrayal, and the enduring power of friendship. Aboard the Titanic, where opulence knows no bounds and the horizon seems limitless,...
- Location(s): London, Cornwall, Ireland, Lisbon
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Henry Bradbury’s life is in free fall. His marriage has failed, he’s about to lose his City job, and he now finds himself dangerously out of his depth as an unlikely agent of the British secret intelligence services. His...
- Location(s): Iowa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams. The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: “If you build it, he will come.” “He” is Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ray’s hero. “It” is a baseball...
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