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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,...

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...

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