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The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles 1)

The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles 1)
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Jane Howard
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home . . . For two unforgettable summers they gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of the Second World War. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were...

The Lighterman

The Lighterman
  • Author(s): Simon Michael
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

Psychopathic gangster Ronnie Kray has a “List” of persons who have “taken liberties” and who are to be disposed of, and now East End barrister Charles Holborne finds his name at the top of the list. He can’t spend...

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse
  • Author(s): P D James
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island is violated when one of its distinguished visitors is murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve...

The Lighthouse by the Sea

The Lighthouse by the Sea
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Barra
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

His love might be the light she’s looking for After a string of disasters, music teacher Lottie Ashford is out of options. So when her well-meaning mother suggests she restore an old family property – a crumbling lighthouse on...

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife
  • Author(s): June O'Sullivan
  • Location(s): Skellig Michael (Great Skellig)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1860s

Life is hard in Ireland in 1867. Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband James and sons Peter and Joseph to the remote island of Skellig Michael. Eliza is proud of her husband and his promotion to Principal Keeper...

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Hazel Gaynor
  • Location(s): Northumberland, Rhode Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1838/1938

1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves. But her actions set in motion...

The Lighthouse Sisters

The Lighthouse Sisters
  • Author(s): Gill Thompson
  • Location(s): Jersey
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): World war two

1996: The war may have ended decades earlier, but for the elegant woman sitting alone now, the images live on in her memory: her sister’s carefree laughter, the inky black of a German soldier’s boots, the little boats that...

The Lighthouse Witches

The Lighthouse Witches
  • Author(s): C J Cooke
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . . ‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse. A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms....

The Lightkeeper’s Daughters

The Lightkeeper’s Daughters
  • Author(s): Jean Pendziwol
  • Location(s): Lake Superior
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth’s eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills the void with music and memories of her family—a...

The Lightness

The Lightness
  • Author(s): Emily Temple
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

‘Funny, whip-smart and transcendently wise about friendship, family, lust and love’ Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather ‘The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt and Tana French’ Chloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists...

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