The Charmed Life of Alex Moore
- Genre(s): Humour, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
There are success stories – and there are true stories. How would you feel if everything in your life suddenly started to go . . . right? Six months ago, Alex Moore was stuck in a dead-end job, feeling...
- Location(s): Lake Geneva, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary, going back
Can young hearts ease a restless spirit? On the shores of stunning Lake Geneva, Gina Remy is celebrating her brother’s wedding – when the figure of a woman appears hovering above the water, beckoning to her. Ghostly visitations do...
- Location(s): Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1950s onwards
A sheltered young woman living at the Chateau Marmont falls under the spell of a scandalous, secretive man as all of Hollywood’s glamour swirls around her–a stunning feminist reimagining of Jane Eyre from the New York Times bestselling author...
The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison
- Location(s): Malawi
- Genre(s): Poetry
- Era(s): 1987
Formerly Head of English at the University of Malawi, Mapanje was arrested and imprisoned without trial for four years. In these poems of power and unflinching description, he condemns a brutal regime. Today, living in England, he celebrates the...
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 21st century
In the throes of an unraveling marriage, New Yorker Marina Maržić returns to her native Croatian island where she helps her father with his struggling cheese factory, Sirana. Forced to confront her divided Croatian-American identity and her past as...
- Location(s): Manhattan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City’s creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home –...
- Location(s): Isle of Lewis
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
THE NEW START. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIEND. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill...
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Viking
Win. Lose. Survive. I was the boy with a plan. Now I am the boy with nothing. From the moment 12-year-old Kylan hatches a plan to escape from his Norse captors, and return to Scotland to find his mother,...
- Location(s): Denmark
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
As the leaves fall, he’s coming for you. . . One October morning in a quiet suburb, the police make a terrible discovery. A young woman is found brutally murdered with one of her hands missing. Above her hangs...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1887
From the acclaimed author of Elsetime, shortlisted for the Awesome Book Award, a magical and thrilling adventure. “Starting on All Fools Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day...
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