- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 16th Century
Valentina Riccardi is many things: beautiful, cultured, deadly. As one of Venice’s famous courtesans, she’s perfectly positioned to seduce powerful men, get them alone, and assassinate them. Spies. Traitors. Who they are doesn’t matter—only that they made an enemy...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Adventure, Children
- Era(s): 79AD
Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome, and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus set out to find him. Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work...
- Location(s): Northern Spain
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): 1938
September 1938 and foreign correspondent Jack Telford joins a tour bus on one of General Franco’s battlefield propaganda trips hoping to find the hidden stories of the Spanish Civil War. But what he finds instead is murder, mayhem and...
- Location(s): Netherlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
- Location(s): Oslo
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Noir
- Era(s): 1920s/30s
Oslo, 1938. War is in the air and Europe is in turmoil. Hitler’s Germany has occupied Austria and is threatening Czechoslovakia; there’s a civil war in Spain and Mussolini reigns in Italy. When a woman turns up at the...
- Location(s): Portland (Oregon)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Daniel Ames is a rising star in one of Portland’s most prestigious law firms, however the lack of a silver spoon in his background makes him uncomfortable amongst his professional peers. He believes he has something to prove, so...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): early 21st century
Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father’s small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But Kyle has a secret, a dark one,...
The Astonishing Colour of After
- Location(s): Taiwan
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Life, loss, love and art explode in a kaleidoscope of emotions as one girl must learn the truth about her family’s past in order to bring peace to the present. For fans of John Green, Jennifer Niven, Jandy Nelson...
- Location(s): Boston
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Era(s): Current
Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds. Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books will never let her down. Working dead-end jobs to make ends meet, she takes nightly refuge in the reading...
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Calling all curious kids! It’s time to pack your bags and embark on the journey of a lifetime. Created by the same team behind Atlas Obscura, the #1 New York Times bestseller that has over 600,000 copies in print...
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