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The Lawless Land

The Lawless Land
  • Author(s): Boyd Morrison, Elizabeth Morrison
  • Location(s): Canterbury
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1351

First in a fast-paced Templar Knight adventure series from New York Times-bestselling author Boyd Morrison and expert art historian Beth Morrison. Canterbury, 1351. Ex-communicated knight Gerard Fox is a battle-hardened warrior whose ancestral home was unjustly taken from him....

The Lawn Job

The Lawn Job
  • Author(s): Chuck Caruso
  • Location(s): Oregon
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

When ex-con Craig Collins began his new job mowing lawns, he was ready to leave his former life where it belonged-in the past. But everything changes when Craig suddenly loses one of his contracts after staring a little too...

The Layover

The Layover
  • Author(s): Lacie Waldon
  • Location(s): Belize
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An unexpected tropical layover with her nemesis turns a flight attendant’s life upside down in this witty, breezy debut romantic comedy about life – and love – 30,000 feet above the ground. Perfect for fans of The Unhoneymooners, Shipped...

The Lazarus Charter

The Lazarus Charter
  • Author(s): Tony Bassett
  • Location(s): England, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Bob Shaw is baffled to see a man in a brown coat at a bustling Underground station. Surely it can’t be his friend, the scientist Professor Morley? Morley perished weeks before in a blazing car. Is the man an...

The Lazy Conman and Other Stories

The Lazy Conman and Other Stories
  • Author(s): Ajit Baral
  • Location(s): Nepal
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

Kakaji is a lazy man, much given to sitting around, until, one day, his wife kicks him out in a rage. After a series of adventures – which involve a tree that bears clothes and a dancing bear that...

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
  • Author(s): Garth Nix
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 1980s

A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of fantasy, Garth...

The Leftover Woman

The Leftover Woman
  • Author(s): Jean Kwok
  • Location(s): China, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Jasmine Yang thought her daughter was dead at birth. But five years after she was taken from her arms, she learns that her controlling husband sent the baby to America to be adopted, a casualty of China’s one-child-policy. Fleeing...

The Legacy

The Legacy
  • Author(s): Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): present

The Legacy is the first installment in a fantastic new series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar. The only person who might have the answers to a baffling murder case is the victim’s seven-year-old daughter, found...

The Legacy

The Legacy
  • Author(s): Tsitsi V Himunyanga- Phiri
  • Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

This new Zambian woman writer is a leader in Zambia on issues concerned with women and development. In her first novel she puts into focus the degrading beliefs and practices of a male-dominated society. Dealing, for example, with issues...

The Legacy of Beauregarde

The Legacy of Beauregarde
  • Author(s): Rosa Fedele
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Noir
  • Era(s): 1980s

‘You could lose someone down there, couldn’t you? Anyone could get buried under the concrete slab, and no one would even know!’ The Beauregarde women have lived in the shadow of The Seminary for four generations. And there is...

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