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The Dollmaker of Krakow

The Dollmaker of Krakow
  • Author(s): R M Romero
  • Location(s): Kraków (Kraków)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): WW2

One night a little doll named Karolina comes to life in a toyshop in Krakow, Poland, in 1939 and changes the life of the gruff, broken-hearted Dollmaker. And when the darkness of the Nazi occupation sweeps over the city,...

The Door

The Door
  • Author(s): Magda Szabó
  • Location(s): Hungary
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Emerence is a domestic servant – strong, fierce, eccentric, and with a reputation for being a first-rate housekeeper. When Magda, a young Hungarian writer, takes her on she never imagines how important this woman will become to her. It...

The Door-to-Door Bookstore

The Door-to-Door Bookstore
  • Author(s): Carsten Henn
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There’s a book written for every one of us… Carl may be 72 years old, but he’s young at heart. Every night he goes door-to-door delivering books by hand to his loyal customers. He knows their every desire and...

The Double

The Double
  • Author(s): Ann Gosslin
  • Location(s): Swiss Alps
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘A completely engrossing read! I found Ann’s writing compelling, elegant and convincing, and the story pulled me in and totally transported me.’ Katherine Webb, best-selling author of The Legacy and The Disappearance Following a violent outburst at an awards...

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
  • Author(s): Jorge Amado
  • Location(s): Brazil
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the...

THE DOUBLE GAME

THE DOUBLE GAME
  • Author(s): Dan Fesperman
  • Location(s): Vienna, Budapest, Prague
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary, 1970s

A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to young journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a fan who grew up as a Foreign Service brat...

The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings

The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings
  • Author(s): Joanna Nadin
  • 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

The Double Life of Tutweiler Buckhead
  • Author(s): Miriam Pia
  • 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...

The Dove Flyer

The Dove Flyer
  • Author(s): Eli Amir
  • 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...

The Doves Necklace

The Doves Necklace
  • Author(s): Raja Alem
  • 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...

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