- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): 1938
Berlin, 1938: It’s the height of summer, and Germany is on the brink of war. When fledgling reporter Georgie Young is posted to Berlin, alongside fellow Londoner Max Spender, she knows they are entering the eye of the storm....
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Cold War (later 20th Century)
From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she’s expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
September, 1930. Fearless detective Miss Clara Vale is bound for Berlin, but this trip is all about la mode – not murder. Clara is set to walk the runway at Berlin Fashion Week, as a favour to her designer...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Mainly 20th Century
Original published as Friedrichstrasse 19 https://www.tripfiction.com/books/friedrichstrasse-19/
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
One family’s deepest pain. Another family’s darkest secret. On a hot day in 1960s Maine, six-year-old Joe watches his little sister Ruthie, sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields, while their family, Mi’kmaq people...
The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 21st Century
Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century – as judged by some of the most respected travel writers in the world: Levison Wood,...
The Best Little Motel in Texas
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
A charming, edgy mystery about a young woman who unexpectedly inherits the best little motel in Texas – replete with a feisty set of golden working girls, a poisoned priest, and a sleepy hometown thrown into chaos. After a...
- Location(s): Israel
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
Confident, original and humane, these stories are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals. The Best Place on Earth illuminates the tenuous connections forged, frayed and occasionally destroyed between cultures,...
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony)
- Location(s): Singapore
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
Singapore is agog with the news of King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simpson. Chen Su Lin, now Chief Inspector Le Froy’s secretarial assistant in Singapore’s newly formed detective unit, still dreams of becoming a journalist...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1930s
Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both...
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