- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1911
It is 1911, and a man boards a ship at the crowded docks in New York City. As he steps on board, the memories begin flooding back, and we learn he is no ordinary man, and this is no...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . . I am a bit...
The Last Murder at the End of the World
- Location(s): North Iceland
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Future
- Era(s): Future
An Observer Thriller of the Month Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in...
- Location(s): Tibet
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1869
From the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line comes a stunning historical novel about two outsiders who venture into the Forbidden Kingdom of Tibet, both driven by a motive they are desperate to keep secret...
- Location(s): Kirkuk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Set in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk during the 1950s, The Last of the Angels tells the slyly humorous tale of three strikingly different people in one small neighborhood. During a labor strike against the British-run Iraq Petroleum...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Victorian Era
Sam and Lizzie are freezing and hungry on the streets of Victorian London. When Sam asks a wealthy man for some coins, he is rudely turned away. Months of struggle suddenly find their focus, and Sam resolves to kill...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current day
It’s a snowy evening, South London. From a bus, Max Wolf and his brother Angelo see a gang ominously tracking a well-known rapper, Mogul King, through the dark streets. Minutes later, Mogul King boards the bus, presses a parcel...
- Location(s): South Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley’s successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children—who they promised to love and cherish ’til death did them part—for...
- Location(s): Hiroshima
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
- Era(s): 1945
A Japanese teenager, Mizuki, is worried about her grandfather who is clearly desperately upset about something. He says that he has never got over something that happened in his past and gently Mizuki persuades him to tell her what...
- Location(s): Wales
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His lakeside holiday homes are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours. This will be the party to...
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