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The Disaster Tourist

The Disaster Tourist
  • Author(s): Yun Ko-Eun
  • Location(s): Vietnam, Mui
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Yona has been stuck behind a desk for years working as a programming coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specialising in package holidays to destinations ravaged by disaster. When a senior colleague touches her inappropriately she tries to complain,...

The Displaced

The Displaced
  • Author(s): Frieda Watt
  • Location(s): Louisbourg
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Torn between clashing empires and contentious families, Marie Levesque fights to find a place in the unforgiving frontier of Canada. As a young woman, her life is just beginning. Her friendship with Pierre promises of something more. But the...

The Displacements

The Displacements
  • Author(s): Bruce Holsinger
  • Location(s): Miami, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An adrenaline-fuelled story of lives upended and privilege lost in a swiftly changing world. Daphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a luxury Miami house with her surgeon husband, Brantley, and their...

The Displacements

The Displacements
  • Author(s): Bruce Holsinger
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An adrenaline-fuelled story of lives upended and privilege lost in a swiftly changing world. Daphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a luxury Miami house with her surgeon husband, Brantley, and their...

The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us
  • Author(s): Maggie O'Farrell
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O’Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. It was a Sunday Times Top...

The Distant Shores

The Distant Shores
  • Author(s): Santa Montefiore
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Pure escapism on every page, The Distant Shores tells the story of a family torn apart, and the woman who will bring them back together. Margot Hart travels to Ireland to write a biography of the famous Deverill family. She...

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme
  • Author(s): Krista Davis
  • Location(s): Virginia
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, certainly tries. Natasha may have stolen the spotlight, and Sophie’s husband, but Sophie is determined to rob her of the prize for...

The Dive from Clausen’s Pier

The Dive from Clausen’s Pier
  • Author(s): Ann Packer
  • Location(s): Wisconsin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love? THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay,...

The Diver and The Lover

The Diver and The Lover
  • Author(s): Jeremy Vine
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Soaked in sunlight, love and the mysteries surrounding a famous artist The Diver and the Lover is a novel inspired by true events. It is 1951 and sisters Ginny and Meredith have travelled from England to Spain in search...

The Diviners

The Diviners
  • Author(s): Margaret Laurence
  • Location(s): Manitoba
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s, mid-20th century

This is the powerful story of an independent woman who refuses to abandon her search for love. For Morag Gunn, growing up in a small Canadian prairie town is a toughening process—putting distance between herself and a world that...

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