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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,...

The Palazzo

The Palazzo
  • Author(s): Kayte Nunn
  • Location(s): Italian Alps
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Successful beauty entrepreneur Vivi Savidge is about to celebrate her fortieth birthday at the Palazzo Stellina, a historic former convent in the foothills of the Italian Alps. Vivi’s little sister is flying in from Brisbane with her sixteen-year-old twins...

The Pale House

The Pale House
  • Author(s): Luke McCallin
  • Location(s): Balkans
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

A Gregor Reinhardt Novel Book 2 German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps – a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends and allies...

The Pallampur Predicament

The Pallampur Predicament
  • Author(s): Brian Stoddart
  • Location(s): Chennai (Madras)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s India

The murder of a local rajah sees Superintendent Chris Le Fanu and his assistant, Muhammad Habubullah encounter local intrigue as well as British secret agents as they attempt to find the culprits. As they do so, they find the...

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