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The Island of Longing

The Island of Longing
  • Author(s): Anne Griffin
  • Location(s): County Cork, Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the slam never came. Eight years on, after an extensive investigation into...

The Island of Lost Girls

The Island of Lost Girls
  • Author(s): Alex Marwood
  • Location(s): The Mediterranean
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1985/2016

Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide the darkest of secrets and lost girls in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. 1985 For twelve-year-old Mercedes,...

The Island of Lost Maps

The Island of Lost Maps
  • Author(s): Miles Harvey
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

In December 1995 Gilbert Bland was chased from a rare book room of Johns Hopkins University, clutching a 232-year-old map. He turned out to be one of the greatest map thieves in history. Miles Harvey traced Bland¿s journey from...

The Island of Ted

The Island of Ted
  • Author(s): Jason Cunningham
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Would you give up everything you know to find paradise? That’s the question facing movie producer, Ted LaSalle. After a string of personal tragedies, Ted decides to leave it all behind and purchase his own island off the Philippine...

The Island Villa

The Island Villa
  • Author(s): Sarah Morgan
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape… Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn’t been quite so...

The Island Villa

The Island Villa
  • Author(s): Lily Graham
  • Location(s): Formentera
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Marisal. A villa on a sleepy Spanish island. A place that time had forgotten. A place of long ago summers, sun-kissed memories and one terrible betrayal … When Charlotte’s husband James tragically dies, he leaves her an unexpected gift...

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): Meg Mitchell Moore
  • Location(s): Block Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Anthony Puckett was a rising literary star. The son of an uber-famous thriller writer, Anthony’s debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. But something went very wrong with his second work....

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): S V Leonard
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Her dream escape is about to become a nightmare… Kimberley King has spent the last five years trying to outrun the reason she left the police force. Her life is a mess and she’s desperate for change. So when...

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): Caroline Mitchell
  • Location(s): Irish Sea
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She thinks the island will keep her safe―she is wrong. Traumatised by the death of a child in her care, top London paediatrician Claire seeks refuge on remote Selkie Island in the wilds of the Irish Sea with her...

The Islands

The Islands
  • Author(s): Carlos Gamerro
  • Location(s): Buenos Aires
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s

Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Felix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlan and charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade spent...

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