- Location(s): Oxford
- Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
- Era(s): contemporary
More side-splitting amateur sleuthing in Oxford… Private eye Edie Fox wishes she could be half as glamorous and successful as her new client, Jessica Relish, who comes into her floundering detective agency in search of her missing husband Hugh....
- Location(s): Biloxi, Mississippi
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): early 21st century
Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2, 1930s
Written by bestselling author Holly Webb, The Runaways beautifully captures the spirit of Great Britain during the Second World War, weaving together themes of resilience, identity and what it means to call a place your home. It’s London in...
- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cormoran Strike Book 7 Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface,...
- Location(s): The Outback
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica Ferencik’s Into the Jungle—a ferocious storm in the Australian Outback sets the stage for betrayal and murder. With a massive downpour and flash floods predicted, Quinn Durand leaves work...
The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
In her very dusty provincial museum of fake exhibits lovingly crafted from cardboard, wire and glue, Tanya dreams of Russian art’s long colours and wonders when Yuri will stop fishing long enough to notice how she adores him, while...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
‘A love affair through an interpreter,’ said Raya. ‘That’s a very cultured prospect.’ Raya is a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon is with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a visiting British businessman who...
- Location(s): Portsmouth
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, Suspense
- Era(s): Contemporary
When a Russian warship arrives in Portsmouth Dockyard, a handsome uniformed officer strides down the gangway to meet Marina Peters, an English girl of Russian ancestry, who had discovered him on a dating website. She works for the Royal...