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The Lost Pianos of Siberia

The Lost Pianos of Siberia
  • Author(s): Sophy Roberts
  • Location(s): Siberia
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos – grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, and...

The Lost Plantation

The Lost Plantation
  • Author(s): Deborah Grant-Dudley
  • Location(s): Costa Rica
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 19th century

Teenager Cameron Barnes stumbles onto a mystery in Costa Rica. Desperate not to spend every moment of his trip with his parents, he’s ready to impress new friend Joselyn with his mystery-solving skills.But with an unwanted follower in his...

The Lost Soldier’s Song

The Lost Soldier’s Song
  • Author(s): Patrick McGinley
  • Location(s): County Donegal
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1919-21

McGinley foregoes his usual murder mystery genre; instead, he presents an historical novel set during the Anglo-Irish War of 1919 to 1921. The story opens and closes with Declan Osborne in jail, being interrogated by British officers. In between,...

The Lost Steps

The Lost Steps
  • Author(s): Alejo Carpentier
  • Location(s): Amazon Rainforest, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction

A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York, takes a journey with his mistress to the remote upper reaches of a South American river, imagining he is retracing the lost steps of mankind

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
  • Author(s): Chanel Cleeton
  • Location(s): Boston, Havana, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s to contemporary

A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women–and their secrets–in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.   London, 2024: American expat...

The Lost Storyteller

The Lost Storyteller
  • Author(s): Amanda Block
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE LOST STORYTELLER is the heartwarming and evocative debut novel from a stunning new voice in fiction, Amanda Block. Perfect for fans of Ruth Hogan, Jessie Burton and Diane Setterfield. Rebecca hasn’t seen her father Leo since she was...

The Lost Summers of Newport

The Lost Summers of Newport
  • Author(s): Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
  • Location(s): Newport (R I)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1899 / 1958 / 2019

2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America’s most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently...

The Lost Tide Warriors

The Lost Tide Warriors
  • Author(s): Catherine Doyle
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Fionn Boyle has been Storm Keeper of Arranmore for less than six months when thousands of terrifying Soulstalkers arrive on the island. The empty-eyed followers of the dreaded sorceress Morrigan have come to raise their leader and Fionn is...

The Lost Uncle and the Elixir of Life

The Lost Uncle and the Elixir of Life
  • Author(s): Christopher Stevens
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Adventure
  • Era(s): Modern day

When they stumble across a one-hundred-year-old journal detailing the disappearance of their Uncle Cecil, the Baldwin family set off for Sri Lanka in search of the truth. Had he gone in search of the butterfly flower with its magical...

The Lost Village

The Lost Village
  • Author(s): Camilla Sten
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Horror
  • Era(s): 1959 and the present

The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense. Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost...

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