- Location(s): Fair Isle
- Genre(s): Police Procedural
- Era(s): Contemporary
(Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves Book 1) When a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie...
- Location(s): Orkney Islands
- Genre(s): Crime, Noir
- Era(s): Contemporary
After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests...
- Location(s): Indiana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
A masterful, eye-opening novel about the profound racial injustices and class inequalities roiling American society, for fans of Tayari Jones and Jacqueline Woodson. A promise could betray you. It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in...
- Location(s): Norrtälje
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, In Translation
- Era(s): Contemporary
A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje. Due to their ignorance of its ownership it isn’t until a week has passed that the authorities can have it forced open. There the remains of...
- Location(s): Greece, Crete
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Ancient Greece
Theseus is the grandson of the King of Troizen, but his paternity is shrouded in mystery – can he really be the son of the god Poseidon? When he discovers his father’s sword beneath a rock, his mother must...
- Location(s): Guinea
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tierno Monenembo’s The King of Kahel was originally published in France in 2008 and was the winner of the French literary prize, the prix Renaudot, which is awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel. Loosely based on...
- Location(s): Poland, Warsaw
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Leading up to WW2
A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon—his first to be translated into English. It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
There once was a king who hated bath time so much that he never washed. He was a very smelly king! The king is finally persuaded to bathe in the river but no matter how clean the rest of...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1944
It’s winter 1944 and the Second World War is entering its most crucial state. A few months ago fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was a blacksmith’s apprentice in his rural hometown in West Africa; now he’s trekking through the Burmese jungle....
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Jo Nesbo, author of the number one bestselling Harry Hole series, is back with a tense and atmospheric thriller about two brothers bound together by dark secrets. When Roy and Carl’s parents die suddenly, sixteen-year-old Roy is left as...
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