- 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...
- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
None of them would forget that week on the wild Norfolk coast. Best friends Rosie and Lisa’s families had always been inseparable. But that summer, Lisa had an affair with Rosie’s husband Nick. And now, after years of silence,...
- Location(s): Bergamo, Lecco, Milan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
The Betrothed is a cornerstone of Italian culture, language, and literature. Published in its final form in 1842, the novel has inspired generations of Italian readers and writers. Giuseppe Verdi composed his majestic Requiem Mass in honor of Manzoni....
The Better of Two Men (Overlord #3)
- Location(s): Syria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 3rd Century
My name is Zabdas: husband, warrior, conscience and confidant. I am a son of Syria. I write the history of this country in my own hand and tell the tale of my Zenobia: loyal subject, wilful woman, Queen of...
- Location(s): California, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1960s
From James Cahill, author of the much-acclaimed Tiepolo Blue and The Violet Hour, comes a panoramic portrait of 1960s LA and Californian culture, seen through the eyes of a young David Hockney and the enigmatic socialite Betty Freeman. In...
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