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The Magnolia Palace

The Magnolia Palace
  • Author(s): Fiona Davis
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter’s life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought after artists’...

The Magpie

The Magpie
  • Author(s): Marrisse Whittaker
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

A killer who runs rings around the police. A detective who is out of control. Meet DSI Wilde. Wilde by name. Wild by nature. DSI Billie Wilde is on a mission to catch the killer responsible for a horrific...

The Magus

The Magus
  • Author(s): John Fowles
  • Location(s): Spetses
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that...

The Magus of Sicily

The Magus of Sicily
  • Author(s): Philip Gwynne Jones
  • Location(s): Sicily
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An island of myth, legend . . . and murder? As the summer sun beats down on the ancient town of Acitrezza, a folk festival plays out in the picturesque harbour. Music, laughter and the aroma of local delicacies...

The Maid of Lindal Hall

The Maid of Lindal Hall
  • Author(s): Katie Hutton
  • Location(s): Barrow in Furness
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Barrow-in-Furness, 1933 The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead ‘Cottage Homes’ have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the...

The Maid’s Diary

The Maid’s Diary
  • Author(s): Loreth Anne White
  • Location(s): Canada
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A cunning, twisty, and unsettling novel of psychological suspense with a startling conclusion by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Patient’s Secret. Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She’s...

The Maid’s Secret

The Maid’s Secret
  • Author(s): Nita Prose
  • Location(s): Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Molly the maid is no stranger to secrets… She sees everything behind closed doors at the Regency Grand hotel: wiping away the dust and grime of guests passing through. But one secret lies much closer to home. An old...

The Maiden

The Maiden
  • Author(s): Kate Foster
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Later 1600s

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster’s The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. “In the end,...

The Maiden of Florence

The Maiden of Florence
  • Author(s): Katherine Mezzacappa
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Renaissance

Florence, 1584. Rumours are spreading about the virility of a prince marrying into the powerful Medici family. Orphan Giulia is chosen to put an end to the gossip. In return she will gain her freedom, and start a new...

The Main Character

The Main Character
  • Author(s): Jaclyn Goldis
  • Location(s): Amalfi Coast, Italian Riviera, Rome
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in this electrifying modern homage to Agatha Christie that is filled with “rich, complex characters, taut prose, and twists and turns that...

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