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The Runaway Husband

The Runaway Husband
  • Author(s): Julie Highmore
  • 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....

The Runaway Jury

The Runaway Jury
  • Author(s): John Grisham
  • 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...

The Runaways

The Runaways
  • Author(s): Holly Webb
  • 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...

The Running Grave

The Running Grave
  • Author(s): Robert Galbraith
  • 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,...

The Rush

The Rush
  • Author(s): Michelle Prak
  • 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 Rush Cutter’s Legacy

The Rush Cutter’s Legacy
  • Author(s): Sara Alexi
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Rush Cutter’s Legacy. Book fifteen in the Greek Village Collection Born and bred in a small agricultural village, Vasso spends her days in the yellow wooden kiosk at its heart, keeping the locals supplied with cigarettes, sweets, ice...

The Russia Chronicles: Streets of Moscow

The Russia Chronicles: Streets of Moscow
  • Author(s): Andrew Anzur Clement
  • Location(s): Moscow
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2007-2030

Separated from his parents on a family vacation, 16-year-old Peter Greenfield must survive with the help of homeless youth who live in the tunnels of Moscow’s secret Second Subway. Book One in a series that follows Peter and his...

The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight

The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight
  • Author(s): Gina Ochsner
  • 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...

The Russian Interpreter

The Russian Interpreter
  • Author(s): Michael Frayn
  • 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...

The Russian Lieutenant

The Russian Lieutenant
  • Author(s): Peter Marshall
  • 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...

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