The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings
- Location(s): Cornwall, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1988 / 2018
What happens when truth and lies collide? The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is an intoxicating mystery across past and present from Joanna Nadin. 1988, Cornwall. At seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working in his father’s...
The Double Life of Tutweiler Buckhead
- Location(s): Indianapolis
- Genre(s): Crime, Magical Realism
- Era(s): 2005+
The Mayor of Indianapolis unleashes a special team of 4 to track down a local villain and to unravel a plot to manufacture meth amphetamine inside the 465 highway loop. The team is not what you might expect: A...
- Location(s): Baghdad
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
When his Uncle Hizkel is arrested, Kabi and his family face an uncertain future as do all Jews living in Baghdad. It is 1950 and each member of Kabi’s circle has a different dream: his mother wants to return...
- Location(s): Mecca
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): early 2000s
When a dead woman is discovered in Abu Al Roos, one of Mecca’s many alleys, no one will claim the body because they are ashamed by her nakedness. As we follow Detective Nassir’s investigation of the case, the secret...
- Location(s): Paris, Burgundy-Franche-Comté
- Genre(s): Fiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Dragonfly offers an enchanting account of the relationship between a middle-aged Englishman, Colin and his French granddaughter, Delphine, who are thrown together when her mother is killed. A complicated and unhappy family history haunts this unlikely couple on...
- Location(s): Tuscany, England
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Present day, 1300s
The year is 1348. The plague is set to sweep through England, leaving disaster in its wake. Unaware of what awaits her, Agnes is in love and about to marry Ted. But soon her life will be torn apart...
- Location(s): Pate Island, China, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years… What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!’ Fiammetta Rocco From the award-winning author of Dust comes a magical, sea-saturated, coming-of-age novel that transports...
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
- Location(s): Liberia, Texas
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
Eddie Dean is a heroin junkie (1980’s). Odetta Holmes is a civil rights activist (1960’s), and Detta Walker is her dark other half. Jack Mort is a serial killer from the 1970’s. Together with Roland, King has assembled a...
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