- 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...
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Moden
Dany Longo is blonde, beautiful — and thoroughly unpredictable. After doing a favour for her boss, she finds herself behind the wheel of his exquisite Thunderbird on a sun-kissed Parisian morning. On impulse she decides to head south. What...