- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat...
- Location(s): Copenhagen
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the coronary care unit at one of Copenhagen’s leading medical centres, a nurse fills a syringe with an overdose of heart medication and stealthily enters the room of an older male patient. Six days earlier, a paperboy on...
- Location(s): Brazil
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): present day
Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, Klara Brandt discovers that the man responsible for the brutal massacre of her family when she was a child in Germany is still alive. Her thirst for vengeance compels...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. “All my life I’ll think of you, I promise I will. I won’t ever forget you.” Bertie rescues...
The Butterfly Lion (Illustrated Edition)
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the stunning, classic story of an unforgettable friendship with a glorious colour gift edition, fully illustrated by Christian Birmingham. “All my life I’ll think of you, I promise I will. I won’t ever forget...
- Location(s): Suffolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s, contemporary
Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own...
- Location(s): Greece, Bristol, Norfolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Four years ago life for Sophie Keech was perfect. A new start in Greece with Alekos, her boyfriend of just six weeks, removes Sophie from a mundane 9-5 job, takes her away from the difficult relationship she has with...
- Location(s): Palestine
- Genre(s): Poetry
- Era(s): early 2000s
“Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world’s whole heart. What he speaks has...
- Location(s): Poland
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW1
Award-winning author Avi pens a stark, unflinching tale of ordinary boys living during WW1 as tensions – and desperations – mount among them. The first button they found. The second button they stole… Twelve-year-old Patryk has never left his...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Thriller, Noir
- Era(s): Contemporary
15 years ago, Simon Meier walked out of his house and was never seen again. With no leads, the case quickly ran cold. Until now. Because one day ago, politician Bernard Clausen died. And in his cabin on the...
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