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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...

The Lightning and the Few

The Lightning and the Few
  • Author(s): Patrick Larsimont
  • Location(s): Dunkirk, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1939-40

When Jox McNabb is expelled from school he is forced to look to his future. Inspired by the sight of a Hurricane flying over him, he becomes determined to join the RAF. And after basic training, Jox is posted...

The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980s

This is a story of two young people who fall in love – and then life gets in the way. Ursula is part dreamer, part radical in the making. Raised in a matriarchal household by a CND-loving activist, she...

The Lights of Pointe-Noire

The Lights of Pointe-Noire
  • Author(s): Alain Mabanckou
  • Location(s): Pointe Noire
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later. When at last he returns home to Pointe-Noire, a bustling port town on Congo’s south-eastern coast, he finds...

The Lights of Prague

The Lights of Prague
  • Author(s): Nicole Jarvis
  • Location(s): Prague
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Gaslight era

For readers of VE Schwab and The Witcher, science and magic clash in atmospheric gaslight-era Prague. In the quiet streets of Prague all manner of otherworldly creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against...

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