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The Lion Conspiracy

The Lion Conspiracy
  • Author(s): Peter Hain
  • Location(s): Africa, England
  • Genre(s): Political, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

#3 The Conspiracy Series Peter Hain’s latest thriller is grounded in real-life experience, and endorsed by global conservationists. From South Africa to Zanzibar, from Kenya to Britain, activists are battling to save lion prides, today more threatened by extinction...

The Lion Hunter

The Lion Hunter
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): Tanzania
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

Andrew and Lavinia Riley are on their honeymoon at an African game lodge when they meet a Texan trophy hunter. Andrew, a journalist, senses a timely story about lion hunting, and engages a local guide to learn how the...

The Lion’s Den

The Lion’s Den
  • Author(s): Katherine St. John
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Dare to step on board The Lion’s Den? When Belle is invited by her old friend Summer on a luxurious girls’ getaway to the Mediterranean aboard her billionaire boyfriend’s yacht, the only answer is yes. But once aboard the...

The Lioness

The Lioness
  • Author(s): Chris Bohjalian
  • Location(s): Tanzania
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1964

Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of...

The Lioness of Morocco

The Lioness of Morocco
  • Author(s): Julia Drosten
  • Location(s): Morocco
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in nineteenth-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable. Still single at twenty-three, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling father’s house. When Benjamin...

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

The Lions of Fifth Avenue
  • Author(s): Fiona Davis
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1913 and 1993

In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis’s latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces. It’s 1913, and on the surface, Laura...

The Lipstick Bureau

The Lipstick Bureau
  • Author(s): Michelle Gable
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Spy
  • Era(s): WW2

1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy’s capital. One of the OSS’s few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she’s tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing...

The Lipstick Laws

The Lipstick Laws
  • Author(s): Amy Holder
  • Location(s): Rochester
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

At Penford High School, Britney Taylor is the queen bee. She dates whomever she likes, rules over her inner circle of friends like Genghis Khan, and can ruin anyone’s life with a snap of perfectly manicured fingers. Just ask...

The Listener

The Listener
  • Author(s): Tove Jansson
  • Location(s): Scandinavia
  • Genre(s): Short Stories

n her first ever story collection, Jansson revealed the clarity of vision and light philosophical touch that were to become her hallmark. From the good listener who begins to betray the secrets confided to her, to vignettes of a...

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street
  • Author(s): Sarah Webb, Rachel Corcoran (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1911

Dublin, 1911 When Eliza Kane and her brother Jonty move from the leafy suburbs of Rathmines to a tenement flat on Henrietta Street they are in for a shock. Pigs and ponies in the yard, rats in the hallways...

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