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The Note

The Note
  • Author(s): Alafair Burke
  • Location(s): The Hamptons
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history. “I absolutely loved The Note. Trust no one in this irresistible page-turner.” –Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times best-selling author of First Lie Wins...

The Notebook

The Notebook
  • Author(s): Nicholas Sparks
  • Location(s): North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): post WW2

Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast begins the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is...

The Nothing Man

The Nothing Man
  • Author(s): Catherine Ryan Howard
  • Location(s): County Cork
  • Genre(s): Mystery

You’ve just read the opening pages of The Nothing Man, the true crime memoir Eve Black has written about her obsessive search for the man who killed her family nearly two decades ago. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle is...

The Nowhere Emporium

The Nowhere Emporium
  • Author(s): Ross MacKenzie
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2016 and the Scottish Children’s Book Award 2016, and the North East Book Award 2015. When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by...

The Nude

The Nude
  • Author(s): C Michelle Lindley
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1999

1999: An island off the southern coast of Greece. Art historian Elizabeth Clarke arrives with the intent to acquire a rare female sculpture. But what begins as a quest for a highly valued cultural artifact evolves into a trip...

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker
  • Author(s): E T A Hoffmann
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Short Stories

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. The gift of a handsomely decorated, enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no...

The Nymph and the Lamp

The Nymph and the Lamp
  • Author(s): Thomas H Raddall
  • Location(s): Nova Scotia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

The poignant story of Isabel Jardin, a strong and sensitive woman, and the men in her life. Set in the 1920s, the story unfolds against the wild desolation of a wind swept island off the coast of Nova Scotia.

The Obsession

The Obsession
  • Author(s): Nora Roberts
  • Location(s): Washington State
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Naomi Carson is a survivor. As a child, her family was torn apart by a shocking crime. It could have destroyed her, but Naomi has grown up strong, with a passion for photography that has taken her all around...

The Ocean Calls

The Ocean Calls
  • Author(s): Tina Cho, Jess X Snow (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Jeju, South Korea
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju Island to pluck treasures from the sea – generations of Korean women have done so for centuries. To Dayeon, the haenyeo are...

The Oceans Between Us

The Oceans Between Us
  • Author(s): Gill Thompson
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2 onwards

A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious. As the little boy waits in the orphanage, he hopes his mother...

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