- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
The landmark novel that inspired Verdi’s opera La Traviata, in a sparkling new translation “One of the greatest love stories of all time,” according to Henry James, and the inspiration for Verdi’s opera La Traviata, the Oscar-winning musical Moulin Rouge!,...
- Location(s): Donbas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
The extraordinary new novel by the author of Untraceable. A sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin’s purges,...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): 20th Century
Spanning twentieth-century Egyptian history and opening with the true story of a prominent Cairo businessman’s murder, this rags-to-riches story wondrously combines real-life events with fiction, told by a “magical storyteller” It was in the spring of 1927 that Cairo’s...
- Location(s): Belgravia, London
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): 1870s
A notorious thief joins up with Belgravia’s most eligible gentleman to steal for Queen and country… London, 1879. Della Rose scans the crowds until she finds her target. A well-dressed gentleman with a fine gold watch. Stealing it will...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s onwards
Edith Magnusson’s rhubarb pies are famous in the Twin Citiesthey were named the third-best in the state of Minnesota and St. Anthony-Waterside Nursing Home has quickly becomes the hottest dinner ticket in town. Still, she lays awake wondering how...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A remote Scottish lake The guests arriving at Creaglie Castle are expecting discreet luxury, panoramic views, and perhaps a glimpse of one of its infamous ghosts. No means of escape When a violent storm severs all contact with the...
- Location(s): Vermont
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
JULIA, DAVID, AND ERIKA grew up together spending summers at their idyllic Vermont lake homes for as long as they can remember. Now adults— with their own sullen teens, endless mortgages, and low-voltage sex lives— the three friends have...
- Location(s): London, Polperro
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century to present
A missing child . . . June 1933, and the Edevane family’s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not...
- Location(s): Lake Vyrnwy
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
A controlled gangland hit or a crime of passion? A crudely dismembered body part is found at Lake Vyrnwy but DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans have little to go on to identify the victim. When a local...
- Location(s): Tegernsee
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
A chalet in bloom. A heart on the mend. And a second chance she never expected. When London yoga instructor Lucy inherits a grand lakeside chalet in Tegernsee, she’s not convinced a springtime Alpine escape is the cure for...
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