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The Pachinko Parlour

The Pachinko Parlour
  • Author(s): Elisa Shua Dusapin
  • Location(s): Tokyo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Women’s calves, men’s shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Carol Coffey
  • Location(s): Virginia, Richmond (VA)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When Richmond homicide detective Locklear is called in to investigate the attempted murder of a young Mennonite in a Virginian farming town, he is instantly drawn into a web of secrecy and lies spanning back to the American Civil...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Sharon Bolton
  • Location(s): Oxford
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern and looking back 20 years

A golden summer, and six talented friends are looking forward to the brightest of futures – until a daredevil game goes horribly wrong, and a woman and two children are killed. 18-year-old Megan takes the blame, leaving the others...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Lisa Darcy
  • Location(s): Melbourne, Wimbledon, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sisters are for life, aren’t they? The Pact is a gripping narrative about winning and losing, and pushing through when you have nothing left to give. Samantha and Annie Callahan are successful doubles champions–the toast of the Olympics, Wimbledon...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Lisa Walker
  • Location(s): England, North West Spain
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness, but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost. Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tess’s world is upended...

The Pact We Made

The Pact We Made
  • Author(s): Layla AlAmmar
  • Location(s): Kuwait
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘How could I explain to her that nothing in my life felt real? That in a country like Kuwait, where everyone knew everything about each other, the most monumental thing to ever happen to me was buried and covered...

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,...

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