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The Man in the Green Hat

The Man in the Green Hat
  • Author(s): Manning Coles
  • Location(s): Italian Lakes
  • Genre(s): Mystery

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask
  • Author(s): Alexandre Dumas
  • 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...

The Man in the Moss

The Man in the Moss
  • Author(s): Phil Rickman
  • 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

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family’s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
  • Author(s): Lucette Lagnado
  • 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...

The Man in the Woods

The Man in the Woods
  • Author(s): Ilaria Tuti
  • 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...

The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door
  • Author(s): E M Scott
  • 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...

The Man of Feeling

The Man of Feeling
  • Author(s): Javier Marías
  • 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...

The Man of My Life

The Man of My Life
  • Author(s): Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After a visit to Argentina, Spain’s most famous detective Pepe Carvalho is back in his beloved Barcelona and is swiftly embroiled in a murderous scandal amid the murky politics of 21st century Catalonia. When the son of a rich...

The Man who Collected Women

The Man who Collected Women
  • Author(s): Nigel Barley
  • Location(s): Singapore
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th century

The eccentric Mr Hare – as he was known to Sophia, the first wife of Singapore founder Thomas Stamford Raffles – and his Asian harem are brought vividly to life in this work of historical fiction set in Southeast...

The Man Who Didn’t Burn

The Man Who Didn’t Burn
  • Author(s): Ian Moore
  • Location(s): Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Juge Lombard Mystery 1 A KILLER. A SAINT. A TOWN FULL OF WHISPERS.   When an English expat is brutally murdered, his charred corpse left on a Loire Valley hillside, the police turn to juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard...

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