- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): WW2
Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city—and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions and their mistresses. For American Olivia Olsen, working as a chambermaid at the...
- Location(s): Eastern Europe, Europe, Lithuania
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Political, Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s
It is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous. Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in...
- Location(s): Bristol
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Post war
Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them. She’d have liked to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn’t explain it. On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast
- Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A birthday to remember. But would they rather forget…? Ralph is turning 45, and the only gift he wants is his ex-wife. Gemma, his trophy girlfriend, won’t let anything ruin her plans for an engagement. Sarah, the ex-wife, has...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware and Sarah Pearse’s The Sanatorium. Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the...
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
An enthralling novel of individual bravery versus silent, collective complicity, set in a vividly drawn farming community in 1970s New Zealand.The Baxters do not know their place.On the first of June every year, sharemilkers load their trucks with their...
- Location(s): Kodagu (Coorg)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830s
It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In England, the new government is facing protests against the attempts of the Tory-dominated House of Lords to thwart the passing of the Reform Bill. In India, relations...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Paranormal, Mystery
- Era(s): WW2
Not all those on board are invited . . . 1941. A German submarine, U-330, patrols the stormy inhospitable waters of the North Atlantic. It is commanded by Siegfried Lorenz, a maverick naval officer who does not believe in...
- Location(s): Mississippi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980
In his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prizer for The Road sixteen years ago, Cormac McCarthy returns with the first book in a two-part series. In Mississippi in 1980, Bobby Western dives into the ocean to investigate a...
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
- Location(s): Kansai
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The contents of each traveller’s heart is a mystery known only to themselves Trundling through the scenic countryside of Kyoto and Osaka is the Hankyu line, a burgundy-coloured electric train that has been carrying its commuters to their destinations...
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