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About Face

About Face
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2000s

The 18th book in the Guido Brunetti series, dealing with toxic waste and the environmental problems besetting not only Venice but wider Italy. Rifling garbage, Brunetti discovers the secrets that the mobsters would like to keep hidden.

Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners
  • Author(s): Colin MacInnes
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1958

‘I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks and...

Absolute Friends

Absolute Friends
  • Author(s): John le Carré
  • Location(s): Bavaria, Berlin, England, Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s, 2000s

In previous novels, le Carré has delighted in taking us on a mystery tour. This time, the mystery is located in character more than plot. The absolute friends of the title are Ted Mundy and his East German friend,...

Absolution

Absolution
  • Author(s): Patrick Flanery
  • Location(s): The Western Cape
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

“In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother, critic, takes up her pen and confronts her life. Sam Leroux has returned to South Africa to embark upon a project that...

Accabadora

Accabadora
  • Author(s): Michela Murgia
  • Location(s): Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

When Maria, the fourth child of a widow, is adopted by the old and childless Bonaria Urrai, her life is instantly transformed – she finally has the love and affection she craves. But her new ‘soul mother’ is keeping...

Achilles’ Helmet

Achilles’ Helmet
  • Author(s): Graham Bishop
  • Location(s): Greece, Skiathos, Skopelos
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When a private collector commissions two London art dealers to find the battle helmet worn by Prince Achilles at the siege of Troy 3000 years ago, they engage a team of Italian tomb robbers to find the tomb. Interpol...

Acid Casuals

Acid Casuals
  • Author(s): Nicholas Blincoe
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Estela, who used to be Paul but has just had the operation, returns to Manchester on a business trip. The business – to kill her ex-boss, a club owner and money launderer – entails encounters with a whole posse...

Acqua Alta

Acqua Alta
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2000s

Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that his friend Brett Lynch, lover of La Scala diva Flavia Petrelli, has been savagely beaten. Then a man’s body is found and a terrible confrontation awaits Brett...

Acquisition

Acquisition
  • Author(s): Robert W Zinnecker
  • Location(s): Michigan, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The telecommunications company, Dynacom, is CEO Wilson McCann’s only love. He has sacrificed everything to lead it to success in an industry that is undergoing deep change while shrinking through aggressive acquisitions by rival companies. Dynacom’s competitor, Legent, moves...

Across Many Mountains: three Daughters of Tibet

Across Many Mountains: three Daughters of Tibet
  • Author(s): Yangzom Brauen
  • Location(s): India, Switzerland, Tibet
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1950s onward

In 1950 the Chinese invaded Tibet. This book describes the journey from Tibet to India describes the journey and the story of three generations of Tibetan women: Kunsang, Sonam and Yangzom, Sonam’s daughter. They flee to the refugee camps...

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