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The Island of Lost Maps

The Island of Lost Maps
  • Author(s): Miles Harvey
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

In December 1995 Gilbert Bland was chased from a rare book room of Johns Hopkins University, clutching a 232-year-old map. He turned out to be one of the greatest map thieves in history. Miles Harvey traced Bland¿s journey from...

The Island of Ted

The Island of Ted
  • Author(s): Jason Cunningham
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Would you give up everything you know to find paradise? That’s the question facing movie producer, Ted LaSalle. After a string of personal tragedies, Ted decides to leave it all behind and purchase his own island off the Philippine...

The Island Retreat

The Island Retreat
  • Author(s): Cathy Kelly
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Six people gather on a fabulous Greek island, each one hoping that ten days in the sun, writing their life stories, will magically fix their lives. Rose Talisman is pinning it all on a fresh start. Five years after...

The Island Secret

The Island Secret
  • Author(s): Lorraine Kelly
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Evie has come home to Orkney and finally found peace. She has rediscovered her passion for painting, mended broken friendships, and for the first time in a long time, truly feels a sense of belonging. But then a surprise...

The Island Villa

The Island Villa
  • Author(s): Sarah Morgan
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape… Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn’t been quite so...

The Island Villa

The Island Villa
  • Author(s): Lily Graham
  • Location(s): Formentera
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Marisal. A villa on a sleepy Spanish island. A place that time had forgotten. A place of long ago summers, sun-kissed memories and one terrible betrayal … When Charlotte’s husband James tragically dies, he leaves her an unexpected gift...

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): Meg Mitchell Moore
  • Location(s): Block Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Anthony Puckett was a rising literary star. The son of an uber-famous thriller writer, Anthony’s debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. But something went very wrong with his second work....

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): S V Leonard
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Her dream escape is about to become a nightmare… Kimberley King has spent the last five years trying to outrun the reason she left the police force. Her life is a mess and she’s desperate for change. So when...

The Islanders

The Islanders
  • Author(s): Caroline Mitchell
  • Location(s): Irish Sea
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She thinks the island will keep her safe―she is wrong. Traumatised by the death of a child in her care, top London paediatrician Claire seeks refuge on remote Selkie Island in the wilds of the Irish Sea with her...

The Islands

The Islands
  • Author(s): Carlos Gamerro
  • Location(s): Buenos Aires
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s

Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Felix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlan and charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade spent...

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