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The Amber Keeper

The Amber Keeper
  • Author(s): Freda Lightfoot
  • Location(s): Russia, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Early / mid 20th Century

Set against the backdrop of revolutionary Russia, The Amber Keeper is a sweeping tale of jealousy and revenge, reconciliation and forgiveness. English Lake District, 1960s: A young Abbie Myers returns home after learning of her mother’s death. Estranged from...

The Amber Pendant (The Rose Muddle Mysteries)

The Amber Pendant (The Rose Muddle Mysteries)
  • Author(s): Imogen White
  • Location(s): Brighton, Hove
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Edwardian Era

When Rose Muddle is plucked from the workhouse to become a maid in a grand mansion, she discovers that her new mistress has secret plans for her – plans which involve a strange amber pendant with extraordinary powers. But...

The Ambivalent Corpse

The Ambivalent Corpse
  • Author(s): Jerold Last
  • Location(s): Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): The present

In the first novel in the Roger and Suzanne mystery series, private detective Roger Bowman and his girlfriend scientist Suzanne Foster find themselves traveling through Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina to solve a baffling and grotesque murder case. Parts...

The American Boyfriend

The American Boyfriend
  • Author(s): Ivy Ngeow
  • Location(s): Key West
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Phoebe Wong would do anything to escape a British winter. But it may cost her more than her airfare. Sunsets, tacos and margaritas all sound perfect to exhausted forty-three-year-old single mum Phoebe with a dead-end job in Southwark. When...

The American Girl

The American Girl
  • Author(s): Rachael English
  • Location(s): Dublin, Boston, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s nd 2013

From a storyteller who combines the warmth of Maeve Binchy with the elegance of Maggie O’Farrell comes an unforgettable new novel . . . Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry...

The Amsterdam Affair

The Amsterdam Affair
  • Author(s): Kate Frost
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A new start, a chance encounter, a Christmas to remember. Will Iris’s new year be happy ever after? When Iris Greene’s boyfriend surprises her with a romantic dinner at their favourite restaurant, she’s expecting a proposal, not a move...

The Amsterdam Chronicles: Def-Con City Part 1

The Amsterdam Chronicles: Def-Con City Part 1
  • Author(s): Brian Christopher
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

New York homicide detective Harvey Wall was more than pleased when his captain suggested he go on a six month exchange program with the Dutch police in Amsterdam. The benefits were obvious; firstly, he was out of sight of...

The Amusements

The Amusements
  • Author(s): Aingeala Flannery
  • Location(s): County Waterford
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In the resort town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods at the seaside amusements. Local teenager Helen Grant is indifferent to the charm of her surroundings;...

The Anarchy

The Anarchy
  • Author(s): William Dalrymple
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1765 onwards

In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected taxes through means of a ruthless private army –...

The Anatomy Lesson

The Anatomy Lesson
  • Author(s): Nina Siegal
  • Location(s): Netherlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1630s

Commissioned by a prominent Amsterdam medical guild, The Anatomical Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was one of Rembrandt’s first paintings to gain public notice. The novel opens on the morning of the medical dissection, and, as they prepare for...

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