- Location(s): The American South
- Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th Century
Hacienda San Isidro was meant to be Beatriz’s haven, her salvation from an oppressive life with her uncle and his vicious wife. When Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposed, Beatriz dreamed only of the security his estate in the countryside would...
- Location(s): Matsuyama, Shikoku
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
This is the second book in the Josie Clark in Japan mystery series. The first book is The Cherry Blossom Murder. A haiku-writing trip turns to tragedy when charismatic financier Mr Ando falls from the top of Matsuyama castle....
- Location(s): Lebanon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2003
Here it comes, the book of the year, on its own magic carpet. No book this bewitching has ever felt so important; no book this important has ever been so lovingly enchanted. The Hakawati is both a snapshot of...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s
The truth must come out. In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of...
- Location(s): Pattaya
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Jayne Keeney is a fiesty thirty-something private investigator who has been living in Bangkok for many years. She has been hired to investigate the alleged suicide of a young Australian woman in a seedy Thai coastal town. Maryanne Delbeck...
- Location(s): Bangladesh, London, New York City (NYC), Wales
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A breathtaking debut novel from an exciting new voice in fiction – coming July 2022! Nasrin and Sabrina are two sisters, who on the face of things live successful and enviable lives in London and New York. When their...
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being “the hand everyone fans with,” has grown weary...
- Location(s): London
- Era(s): 1950s onwards
Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award and a Sunday Times bestseller, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE by Maggie O’Farrell is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood from the author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE....
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Future
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means...
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Daisy does nights and Nate does days, which causes no end of hilarity at the Manchester Museum of Social History. ‘It should be Daisy on days and Nate on nights,’ Marion on the reception says to her at least...
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