- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Kitty dreams of a beautiful life, but that’s impossible in suburban London where her family is haunted by her father’s unexpected death. So when her mum suggests moving to Amsterdam to try a new life, Kitty doesn’t take much...
This Must be the Place (Maggie O’Farrell)
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The dazzling new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New...
- Location(s): Dover
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): 2016 and 2026
‘That’s the thing about our town: people only come here if they’re going somewhere else.’ One grey afternoon, high on the cliffs of Dover, two girls agree to help a stranger. Within months, two of the three girls are...
- Location(s): Somerset
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning’s lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
In 1958, Greenwich Village buzzes with beatniks, jazz clubs, and new ideas the ideal spot for three ambitious young people to meet. Cliff Nelson, the son of a successful book editor, is convinced he s the next Kerouac, if...
- Location(s): Isle of Skye, Afghanistan, Glasgow
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contempoary
Time for the Dead is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson and sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod discover that a terrifying war is unfolding on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots...
- Location(s): Iceland, Cambridge
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 19th to early 20th centuries
A father and son struggle to overcome the distance between them. Each is drawn irresistibly to an unforgiving landscape, one that has been the scene of tragedy and loss. The son’s return to the northern shore he abandoned as...
To the Bright Edge of the World
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester receives the commission of a lifetime when he is charged to navigate Alaska’s hitherto impassable Wolverine River, with only a small group of men. The Wolverine is the key to opening up Alaska and its...
- Location(s): Albania, Greece, Macedonia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Present looking back
Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two vast lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region’s past, and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes that have played a...
- Location(s): Isle of Skye
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century, WW1
To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf’s novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children’s perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult...
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