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The Last Friend

The Last Friend
  • Author(s): Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • Location(s): Tangier
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

The Last Friend, the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Tahar Ben Jelloun, winner of the 2004 International Dublin/IMPAC award, is a Rashamon-like tale of friendship and betrayal set in twentieth century Tangier. Written in Ben Jelloun’s inimitable and...

The Last Garden

The Last Garden
  • Author(s): Rachel Ip, Anneli Bray (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Syria
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a war-torn city, a little girl tends to the last garden. But everyone is leaving and soon the girl has to leave too. The garden is all alone now but soon the seeds scatter throughout the city and...

The Last Garden in England

The Last Garden in England
  • Author(s): Julia Kelly
  • Location(s): Highbury
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1907, 1944, Present Day

A tale of five women living across three different times (1907, 1944, present day), connected by a special garden at Highbury House estate and the secrets it holds.

The Last Gondola

The Last Gondola
  • Author(s): Edward Sklepowich
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

The Last Green Valley

The Last Green Valley
  • Author(s): Mark Sullivan
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): World War II

From the author of the #1 bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph. In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil...

The Last Hawk

The Last Hawk
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Wein
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2, 1940s

Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stammer – and although her father tries to keep her safe, Ingrid can’t help feeling like she’s let him down. But in the air, soaring high as she...

The Last Hour

The Last Hour
  • Author(s): Harry Sidebottom
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 100-200AD

For readers of Bernard Cornwell, Ben Kane, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A lone figure stands silhouetted atop the Mausoleum of Hadrian. Behind him, the...

The Last House Guest

The Last House Guest
  • Author(s): Megan Miranda
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Never overstay your welcome… Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of – but that’s...

The Last House on the Street

The Last House on the Street
  • Author(s): Diane Chamberlain
  • Location(s): North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1965 and 2010

1965. A young white female student becomes involved in the fight for civil rights in North Carolina, falling in love with one of her fellow activists, a Black man, in a time and place where an interracial relationship must...

The Last Hunt

The Last Hunt
  • Author(s): Deon Meyer
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

A cold case for Captain Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks elite police unit – not what they were looking for. And a difficult case, too. The body of Johnson Johnson, ex-cop, has been found beside a...

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