- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): late 19th century
At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition...
- Location(s): Oxford
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
After graduating from Yale, William Baker, scion of an old line patrician family, goes to work in presidential politics. But when the campaign into which he’s poured his heart ends in disappointment, he decides to leave New York behind,...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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