- Location(s): Greece, Delphi
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Fourth-century BC
Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient Greek stage thrillingly to life. Set in fourth-century B.C. Greece, The Mask of Apollo is narrated by Nikeratos, a tragic actor who...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): times gone by
Aribella lives in Venice, the daughter of an impoverished lace-maker. But she has a deadly secret: when angered, sparks shoot from her fingertips. Unable to keep her power hidden, she flees – but when dark spectres rise from the...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
An enchanting tale of magic, friendship and adventure for readers aged 9 and up – from bestselling author, Holly Webb. Colette lives with her mother, making beautiful dresses for the rich women of Venice. She’s never known her father,...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th century
‘Quietness is a mysterious trait.’ This is the story of Fehmi who grew up in a liberal family in Istanbul but became religious later in life. In the summer of 1998, the time when political Islam is on the...
- Location(s): Chile, Uruguay
- Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
- Era(s): The present
The Matador Murders, loosely based on Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest, has lots of action, a suspenseful whodunit story line, and enough corpses to satisfy a school of Piranha. From a review by Michelle Stanley for Readers’ Favorite: “Jerold Last...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon), London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
As a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny liked to play cricket. But none of his new friends in Manila were remotely interested. That is until the gorgeous Tina arrived, all poise and perfection. Three decades on, Sunny is settled...
- Location(s): East London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1880's/1890's
When Amelia Spencer finds herself unmarried, pregnant, and cast out by society, she flees to the Bryant & May match factory, searching for her estranged sister, Sadie. But the East End is no refuge – Sadie is trapped in...
- Location(s): England, Hamburg, Paris, Stockholm
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn’t win the school science fair, she’s devastated –...
- Location(s): Hampshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
A Jeeves and Wooster novel At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village of King’s Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): end of Soviet era
The Matiushin Case is one of the darkest and most powerful works of fiction to appear in Russian in the last twenty years. Deriving, like Captain of the Steppe (And Other Stories, 2013), from the author’s own traumatic experience...
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