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The Last Encore

The Last Encore
  • Author(s): Rebecca Heath
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

It’s been eighteen years since the accidental explosion that killed The Cedrics Band lead singer Jonny Rake, and a special documentary is bringing the rest of the band back to play together for the first time. With Jonny’s daughter,...

The Last Executioner

The Last Executioner
  • Author(s): Chavoret Jaruboon
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1990s / early 21st century

Chavoret Jaruboon was personally responsible for executing 55 prison inmates in Thailand’s infamous prisons. As a boy, he wanted to be a teacher like his father, but his life changed when he chose one of the hardest jobs in...

The Last Ferry Out

The Last Ferry Out
  • Author(s): Andrea Bartz
  • Location(s): Gulf of Mexico
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Abby steps foot on Isla Colel, she isn’t sure what–if anything–she’ll find. She only knows that she needs to see the place where her fiancée, Eszter, died to try and make sense of the tragic accident. The island...

The Last Fiesta

The Last Fiesta
  • Author(s): Andy Rumbold
  • Location(s): Northern Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1995

It’s summer 1995 and Dan Willis is living in Santander, northern Spain, trying to get his life back on track, when he receives an unexpected call from an old school friend and Gulf War veteran, Billy Wyatt, who wants...

The Last Flight

The Last Flight
  • Author(s): Julie Clark
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two flights. One last chance to disappear.Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her...

The Last Flight of the Flamingo

The Last Flight of the Flamingo
  • Author(s): Mia Couto
  • Location(s): Mozambique
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

In Mozambique after the end of the civil war, local soldiers have been unaccountably blown up. When it begins to happen to UN peacekeepers, a high-level delegation visits the village of Tizangara to initiate an investigation. As the UN...

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

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