- Location(s): Arctic, Siberia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Early 20th century
The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
‘She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her’ The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls, sparkling towers and...
- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The psychological thriller debut of No.1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend,...
- Location(s): New Canaan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Nixon and ‘Nam, pet rocks and shag rugs, wife-swapping and party-hopping. Suburban New England, 1973, and the Hood family are about to wish they’d stayed home. Astutely acerbic, painfully funny, THE ICE STORM is an astonishing novel of the...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A haunting magical adventure about two sisters born 40,000 years apart, perfect for fans of Frostheart and The Wild Way Home. When Bela’s mother dies, she is summoned to deepest Siberia to stay with an uncle she’s never met....
The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon
- Location(s): Karachi, Lahore, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Zohaib, Misha and Nadia believed they would be in each other’s lives forever. As children they played, argued, teased and loved one another. Yet nothing could have prepared them for the tragic turn of events one fateful afternoon in...
- Location(s): Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Told by an author who believes in his people, The Idle Years is the story of the. fears, flights and returns of the individual in his struggle to find the truth as he matures into adulthood after a difficult...
- Location(s): Seville
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
A new psychological thriller in the Javier Falcon quartet, that includes THE HIDDEN ASSASSINS and The Blind Man of Seville. The sweltering city of Seville is still recovering from a shocking and unsolved terrorist attack but now a spectacular...
- Location(s): South Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for...
- Location(s): Massachusetts
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century
At their newly founded school, Samuel Hood and his daughter Caroline promise a groundbreaking education for young women. But Caroline has grave misgivings. After all, her own unconventional education has left her unmarriageable and isolated, unsuited to the narrow...
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