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The Pagoda Tree

The Pagoda Tree
  • Author(s): Claire Scobie
  • Location(s): Chennai (Madras), Thanjavur (Tanjore)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Tamil Nadu, southern India, 1765. Maya plays among the towering granite temples in the ancient city of Tanjore. Like her mother before her, she is destined to become a devadasi, a dancer for the temple. On the day of...

The Pahala Twist (Noelani Lee Mysteries Volume 3)

The Pahala Twist (Noelani Lee Mysteries Volume 3)
  • Author(s): Tom Bradley Jr
  • Location(s): Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy Hawaiian town of Pahala. But when a legendary singer disappears from a nearby black sand beach—where he’s waging a one-man protest against a controversial resort development—private eye Noelani Lee soon finds herself...

The Painful Side of Love

The Painful Side of Love
  • Author(s): Rebecca Rohman
  • Location(s): San Francisco, Alberta, British Columbia
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Present Day

Mistakes. We all make them. But when is a mistake too big to forgive? What happens when the consequences of our mistakes are so disastrous, they cause excruciating pain to everyone we hold near and dear? San Francisco’s Dr....

The Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)

The Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)
  • Author(s): Katherine Woodfine, Júlia Sardà (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Edwardian era

A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+ years, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl series, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens’s Murder Most Unladylike series. When a priceless painting is stolen,...

The Paintings of Rauma

The Paintings of Rauma
  • Author(s): John Swallow
  • Location(s): Finland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

The Paintings of Rauma takes the reader to Finland for a thrilling crime adventure. The story is based in the beautiful coastal city of Rauma and takes Jussi, a local Police Officer, on a journey to investigate connected crimes...

The Pakistani Bride

The Pakistani Bride
  • Author(s): Bapsi Sidhwa
  • Location(s): Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A novel by the author of Ice-Candy-Man Zaitoon, a new bride, is desperately unhappy in her marriage and is contemplating the ultimate escape??”the one from which there is no return. Zaitoon, an orphan, is adopted by Qasim, who has...

The Palace at the End of the Sea

The Palace at the End of the Sea
  • Author(s): Simon Tolkien
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), England, Lower East Side
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

A young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity—and a cause—at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War in a thrilling, timely, and emotional historical saga. New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world...

The Palace Dressmaker

The Palace Dressmaker
  • Author(s): Jade Beer
  • Location(s): England, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1988 onwards

London, 1988: Meredith has landed her dream job at London’s most prestigious fashion house, creating beautiful gowns adorned with intricate beads and embroidery. But now Meredith is about to create a dress like no other for the most famous...

The Palace of Illusions

The Palace of Illusions
  • Author(s): Chitra Divakaruni
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction

The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical; narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the five Pandava brothers, we are — finally — given a woman’s take on the timeless tale...

The Palace on the Higher Hill

The Palace on the Higher Hill
  • Author(s): Karim Kattan, Jeffrey Zuckerman (translator)
  • Location(s): Palestine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Faysal receives a mysterious letter about the death of aunt he can’t remember. Leaving his lover and his life in Europe behind, he returns to the village of his birth in Palestine and to his family’s extraordinary, deserted house,...

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