- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lindy has the summer of a lifetime planned at her family’s beloved cottage in Summerland Cove, Maine, where she’s spent summers all her life and where she and her husband David met as teenagers. She’s slated big events three...
- Location(s): Grinnell
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the sweltering heat of one summer in Grinnell, Iowa, Claire and Don Lowry discover that married life can fall apart seemingly overnight. Don, the town’s most successful real-estate agent, is hiding the fact that their home is in...
Summers Under the Tamarind Tree
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Food and Drink, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Summers Under the Tamarind Tree is a contemporary Pakistani cookbook celebrating the varied, exciting and often-overlooked cuisine of a beautiful country. Former lawyer-turned-food writer and cookery teacher Sumayya Usmani captures the rich and aromatic pleasure of Pakistani cooking through...
- Location(s): Cape Town
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee’s new book follows a young biographer as he works on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. The biographer embarks on a series of interviews with people who were important to Coetzee...
- Location(s): Boston
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
THE SEAFARER IS THE PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN IN THE SUMMER… With its rich history and famous guests, the glamorous Boston hotel is no stranger to drama. But the bustle at the iconic property reaches new heights...
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
- Location(s): Perpignan, The Mediterranean
- Genre(s): Fiction, Noir
- Era(s): Modern
#worldnoir It’s the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore and the town is full of tourists. Two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day’s...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest...
- Location(s): Nova Scotia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden—and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother whose glowing smile had captured the heart of everyone who’d...
- Location(s): Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): early 21st century
Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two weeks ago, Becca Eckersley, a first-year law student and daughter of a...
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
An epic love story and adventure set against the stunning backdrop of Antarctica. Alice Peel is a geologist. She believes in observation and proof. But now she stands alone on the deck of a rickety Chilean ship as a...
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