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The Old Drift

The Old Drift
  • Author(s): Namwali Serpell
  • Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fiction
  • Era(s): Last 150 years

On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious...

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
  • Author(s): Ernest Hemingway
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal:...

The Old Man in the Corner (The Teahouse Detective 1)

The Old Man in the Corner (The Teahouse Detective 1)
  • Author(s): Baroness Orczy
  • Location(s): England, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

Mysteries! There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elderly gentleman to young Polly Burton of the Evening Observer, in...

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
  • Author(s): Luis Sepulveda
  • Location(s): Ecuador
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

An old man lives in a hut in El Idilio, a village on the Nangaritza River, in the southeast corner of Ecuador. The village is so small, the dentist comes only twice a year, to pull teeth and bring...

The Old You

The Old You
  • Author(s): Louise Voss
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nail-bitingly modern domestic noir A tense, Hitchcockian psychological thriller Louise Voss returns with her darkest, most chilling, novel yet… Lynn Naismith gave up the job she loved when she married Ed, the love of her life, but it was...

The Olive Garden Choir

The Olive Garden Choir
  • Author(s): Leah Fleming
  • Location(s): Greek Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

They have come to Santaniki for different reasons. Some with a dream of happiness. Some running from sadness and failure. But all of them have fallen in love with this most beautiful of Greek islands. When bossy retired bookseller,...

The Olympus Killer

The Olympus Killer
  • Author(s): Luke Christodoulou
  • Location(s): Greek Islands
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): modern

EVIL UNDER THE GREEK SUN If this summer you are thinking of travelling to the majestic, sun kissed Greek Islands, think again. A sadistic killer is on the loose. THE OLYMPUS KILLER… Over the picturesque Greek Islands, bodies are...

The Omega Factor

The Omega Factor
  • Author(s): Steve Berry
  • Location(s): Ghent
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Various

The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations’...

The One Day You Were My Husband

The One Day You Were My Husband
  • Author(s): Rosie Walsh
  • Location(s): England, Stockholm, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): early 2000s

FOUR HOURS AFTER SAYING ‘I DO,’ HE WAS GONE . . . Twelve years ago, Carrie married Johan on a beach in Thailand. But as the sun set on their perfect day, armed men swarmed the island and her...

The One from the Other

The One from the Other
  • Author(s): Philip Kerr
  • Location(s): Munich, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 1940s,

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