- Location(s): Tōhoku, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 2011
When a devastating earthquake rocks Japan’s northeast coast, a tsunami follows and Rei Shimura is drawn into her most rugged adventure yet. The mystery begins with an SOS from Rei’s friend, the antiques dealer, Yasushi Ishida, who’s trapped among...
- Location(s): California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore–beautiful, tall, blond, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael–with a...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1800s
In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating and full of suspense. The Knowing is a darkly spellbinding novel about a...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): pre slave liberation
From National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power Henry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through the surprising twists and unforeseen turns of life in...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): present
The Kolkata Conundrum A novel by Kalyan Lahiri The mysterious and alluring Pramila, resident of Avantika Heights, is brutally murdered. Sudhir Das, the security guard from the Golden Red Security Agency, is caught red-handed.In steps Sudhir’s boss, young Orko...
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
When a commercial airliner belly-whomps on an abandoned Hawaiian airstrip, four nearly identical black backpacks—including one containing a small fortune in stolen gold and gems—end up in the wrong hands. Private investigator Noelani B. Lee, hired by an unscrupulous...
- Location(s): Mexico
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico’s foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to...