- 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...
The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns
- Location(s): Swaziland (Eswatini)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Kingdom of Swaziland, in southern Africa, boasts breathtaking mountain ranges, friendly people and a peaceful political climate. Scratch the surface, and one finds a country battling the ravages of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemic, devastating poverty, and the...
- Location(s): Rome, Middle East
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1st Century AD
Sadoc, son of Azor, a retired shipping clerk lying diseased and dying on the outreaches of the Roman Empire, sets down for future generations a tale of epic proportions: he is charged with recounting no less an event than...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 18th century
A dark and gothic novel of vampires and 18th Century Venice, filled with mystery and intrigue. A captivating story of love and loss, THE KISS OF DEATH is a stunning companion volume to the bestselling MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING....
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