- Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Set in Cuba just before Castro’s revolution, the novel tells the story of expatriates, most of whom work for the United Fruit Company. It is a coming of age story of two young people in the American colony in...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-shortlisted author – available for pre-order now It’s autumn in Maine, and the town...
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Elizabeth and her Italian husband Roberto decide to leave London for romantic Italy and his family business, Elizabeth hopes the change in lifestyle might help boost her chances of conceiving their longed for child. But the idyll shatters...
- Location(s): Philadelphia, Vermont
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Two women, wrenched apart by a terrible crime, must find a way back to each other When Deena Garvey disappears in 2004, she leaves behind a daughter and a sister. Deena’s daughter grows up in the country. She learns...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Frances is doing fine; she has her life sorted. Then comes the phone call from Alec, the husband who left her for her younger sister Susan, thirteen years ago. Susan has disappeared, and Alec wants her daughter Kate to...
- Location(s): Mid Wales, Powys
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
How do you catch a serial killer when no-one believes you’re telling the truth? Wales, 1984. Llanfair’s most notorious busybody, Debbie-Marie Tunstall, has really gone and done it this time. Her snooping and merciless announcements of observations written in...
- Location(s): Europe, Nepal
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dar Kumari is an indigenous Gurung woman living in the Nepali Himalayas with her elderly husband, Nar Bahadur. Their mud-brick house is in a remote farming village that has no electricity and can only be reached on foot. Their...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Humour, Paranormal
- Era(s): Modern
Living in small town Rockabill, Maine, Jane True always knew she didn’t quite fit in with so-called normal society. During her nightly, clandestine swim in the freezing winter ocean, a grisly find leads Jane to startling revelations about her...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Children, Mystery, Paranormal
- Era(s): Contemporary
Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Winner of a 2022 SCBWI Crystal Kite AwardFrom renowned Japanese children’s author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer...
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