- Location(s): North Wales
- Genre(s): Crime, Nonfiction
- Era(s): present day
The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones’ experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty in 1996 of murdering four men and seriously assaulting many more, and referred to by the judge when...
- Location(s): Malta
- Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
Normally, life on the Mediterranean island of Malta is safe and calm. Then two professors go missing on the same day. A baker starts dealing in a shady side business. A woman wakes up in a mysterious clinic. Soon...
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title , like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 , has become a part of America’s cultural vocabulary. Tom Rath...
- Location(s): Italian Lakes
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas’ celebrated foursome of D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of...
- Location(s): The Pennines
- Genre(s): Horror
- Era(s): Modern
Perfectly preserved in black peat, the Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century. But for the isolated community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign—a danger to the ancient spiritual tradition....
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family’s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
- Location(s): Brooklyn, Cairo, Paris
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1950s, 1960s
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on...
- Location(s): Italian Alps
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
A TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH ONE OF M. W. CRAVEN’S BOOKS OF 2019 A ruthless killer is spreading panic in a quiet village in the Italian Alps. Police Inspector Teresa Battaglia is the only one who can...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Retired police detective inspector Thomas Maitland has rented a house in Cornwall; he’s going to paint his way to recovery from the experiences of the spring. A local woman with an intriguingly expensive collection of modern art wants to...
- Location(s): Madrid
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Glinting like a moonstone with layers of emotion, The Man of Feeling is a sleek and strange tale of cosmopolitan love. An affair between a married woman and a young man just becoming an opera star (curiously helped along...
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