- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Gothic, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): Mid 17th Century
SHE IS AWAKE… Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home,...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
I thought I saw her today. Down by the water. It was her hair I noticed. Do you ever see her, Lex? Does she haunt you too? I haven’t been back to Eos since I first met my step-sister,...
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1945
The Liberation is set in Italy in 1945 as British and American troops attempt to bring order to the devastated country and Italy’s population fights to survive. Caterina Lombardi is desperate – her father is dead, her mother has...
- Location(s): Broughty Ferry
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Bella McCaa is released from ten years as sole carer to a very demanding mother, she’s desperate to leave Dundee and pick up the threads of her once high-flying career in London. Fifty-two isn’t too late to start...
- Location(s): Dundee/St Andrews
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
A heartwarming page-turner, laced with humour, about making change, finding love and taking second chances. When Bella McCaa is released from ten years as sole carer to a very demanding mother, she’s desperate to leave Dundee and pick up...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1958
In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children’s librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole. Her mission is to fire the enthusiasm...
- Location(s): Basra
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Early 2000s
This is the true story of Alia Baker, written for children, who saved the books from the main library in Basra when war broke out in 2003. Told for children it conveys the value of books and reading, set,...
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
- Location(s): Basra
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
“In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was ‘Read.'”* –Alia Muhammad Baker Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books....
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie
- Location(s): France, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1918 / 1987
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book… 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from...
- Location(s): Warwickshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Two lonely bookworms. An unexpected friendship. A library that needs their help. Teenager Tom has always blended into the background of life. After a row with his dad and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he...
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