- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Romance, Thriller
- Era(s): Early 1990s
Margaret Halliday’s fourth book, The Belly Dancer is a romantic thriller set mainly in Istanbul in the early 1990s. Gemma, a young English woman, finds herself involved in more than just teaching English soon after her arrival in Turkey....
- Location(s): Senegal
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Salie lives in Paris. Back home on the Senegalese island of Niodior, her football-crazy brother, Madick, counts on her to get him to France, the promised land where foreign footballers become world famous. Given his illusions, how can Salie...
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s / 80s
Ahmed grows up in a small Saudi village steeped in the family ties, legends, poetry and songs of traditional tribal culture. As he becomes a man, the cataclysmic changes of modernity spring up around him. Islam is imposing itself...
- Location(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money – and what being a parent means. Meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast,...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical, Espionage, Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s (Cold War)
Berlin, 1963. The height of the Cold War and an early morning spy swap. On one side of the trade: Martin Keller, an American physicist who once made headlines, but who then disappeared into the English prison system. Keller’s...
- 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): Espionage, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): WW2
The powerful novel inspired by a true World War Two story Berlin, 1938. Scottish author Corran Rutherford travels to Germany to deliver lectures about her books and write articles about life under the Third Reich. But beneath this respectable...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Mainly 20th Century
Original published as Friedrichstrasse 19 https://www.tripfiction.com/books/friedrichstrasse-19/
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