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The Last Affair

The Last Affair
  • Author(s): Margot Hunt
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Love may be blind, but obsession’s a real killer. Nora Holliday is not that kind of woman. Not the kind who has an illicit affair with a married man. But Josh Landon is everything Nora’s alcoholic husband isn’t. And...

The Last American Man

The Last American Man
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): modern

At the age of seventeen, Eustace Conway ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape to the wild. Away from the crushing disapproval of his father, he lived alone in a teepee in the mountains. Everything he needed...

The Last Bear

The Last Bear
  • Author(s): Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Svalbard, Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): N/A

Imagine making friends with a polar bear… The Last Bear is perfect for readers of 8+, beautifully illustrated throughout by Levi Pinfold – winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and illustrator of Harry Potter 20th anniversary edition covers. “This...

The Last Bird of Paradise

The Last Bird of Paradise
  • Author(s): A J Aberford
  • Location(s): Greece, Italy, Malta, Syria
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Inspector George Zammit Series Book 5 An act of sacrifice A young boy starts his journey in the refugee camps of Syria, only to find himself excited on the terraces of a football stadium in London. How did...

The Last Book Party

The Last Book Party
  • Author(s): Karen Dukess
  • Location(s): Truro (Cape Cod), New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1980s

A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980’s New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod. In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level...

The Last Bookshop in London

The Last Bookshop in London
  • Author(s): Madeline Martin
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1939-1940

August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she finds on her arrival were not what she expected....

The Last Brother

The Last Brother
  • Author(s): Nathacha Appanah
  • Location(s): Mauritius
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1944

In The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, 1944 is coming to a close and nine-year-old Raj is unaware of the war devastating the rest of the world. He lives in Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where...

The Last Cabin Girl

The Last Cabin Girl
  • Author(s): Tom Swyers
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2020

SHE’LL RISK EVERYTHING TO CATCH A SERIAL KILLER . . . As the pandemic begins, Josie Thompson is a struggling waitress, mom of two great kids. She wants a fresh start far from her abusive husband, the confining small...

The Last Camel: True Stories about Somalia

The Last Camel: True Stories about Somalia
  • Author(s): Jeanne D'Haem
  • Location(s): Somalia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1960s

The Last Camel is a collection of stories about the people who live in a little village in Northern Somalia. These are compelling tales about African spirits, clever women, untouchable Midgaans, sagacious elders who struggle with modern technology, bandits,...

The Last Carriage

The Last Carriage
  • Author(s): Alex J Milan
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Having been forced to leave his father, sister and home town of Rome at the age of seven, Francesco De Luca grows up in England, never fully understanding why he was parted from his family. Twenty-six years later, Francesco’s...

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