- 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.
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...