- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
In a world made for men, can one woman break free from tradition and walk a new path? It is 1865, the American Civil War has just ended, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2019 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER When Gilbert Silvester wakes one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him, he flees – immediately, irrationally, inexplicably – for Japan. In Tokyo he discovers...
- Location(s): The Kimberley, The Pilbara, Western Australia
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s/70s and 2017
“Outback noir has a new star” Mark Sanderson, The Times With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in. Bob is sixty-five years old, confined...
- Location(s): Dubai
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2008
Junior creative Tim Callaghan can hardly believe his luck when he’s flown out to Dubai to supervise the filming of an advert for an international charity. He is immediately entranced by the city – a futuristic environment unlike anywhere...
- Location(s): Goa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Present day
After being badly let down by her husband, writer Liz O’Malley takes a holiday in Goa, in India. To her surprise she falls in love with the place, the people and an old, somewhat derelict, Portuguese house. To her...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Daniel’s thrill at being in such close proximity to the...
- Location(s): Mauritius
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1825
When Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle in their grand plantation house, her mind is full of the poems of Keats and tales of romance . She is nonetheless unprepared for...
- Location(s): Greenland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 18th Century
Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by unremittingly harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is simmering with the threat of dissent; natives...
The Pull of the River: A Journey into the Wild and Watery Heart of Britain
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 21st century
An antidote to bad news, this is pure armchair escapism, described variously as ‘joyful’, ‘glorious’ and ‘spirited’. Lyrical, insightful and brimming with personality, it’s the perfect British travelogue for the generation inspired by Roger Deakin’s Waterlog. In The Pull...
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
On 24th November Yasmin and her deaf daughter Ruby arrive in Alaska. Within hours they are driving alone across a frozen wilderness Where nothing grows Where no one lives Where tears freeze And night will last for another fifty-four...
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