- Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Marnie Salt has made so many mistakes in her life that she fears she will never get on the right track. But when she ‘meets’ an old lady on a baking chatroom and begins confiding in her, little does...
- Location(s): Melbourne
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside...
- Location(s): Belfast
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
A gripping murder mystery set in Belfast. A murder in a public place, a victim who hides his killer’s intent… A German citizen is murdered in Belfast Botanic Gardens. Investigating, DCI Gawn Girvin concludes it is a revenge killing....
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, LGBTQIA+
- Era(s): 1930s/40s
Clementine is a seventy-two year-old reformed con artist with a penchant for impeccably tailored suits. Her life of crime has led her from the uber-wealthy perfume junkies of belle epoque Manhattan, to the scented butterflies of Costa Rica, to...
- Location(s): Agra, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
(The Jaipur Trilogy Book 3) From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Henna Artist, the final chapter in Alka Joshi’s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris, where Radha’s budding career as a...
- Location(s): Italy, Auschwitz/Birkenau
- Genre(s): Historical, Short Stories
- Era(s): WW2
Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories that elegantly interlace the author’s experiences in Fascist Italy, and later in Auschwitz, with his passion for scientific knowledge and discovery. This Penguin Modern Classics edition of is...
- Location(s): Argentina
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
On June 20, 1973, General Juan Peron, the most revered–as well as the most hated–dictator in the history of Argentina, returned to his homeland after eighteen years of exile. His arrival was the occasion for a fratricidal massacre. Less...
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
For centuries the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels, the priceless gem is a prize that many have killed to possess. So when the Crown Jewels go...
- Location(s): Iran, Israel
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
What happens when a spy is forced to reckon with the consequences of his deception? Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh in California. To finance his new life, he agrees to spy for...
- Location(s): Isfahan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1974
At once a great love story, a riveting political thriller, and a profound analysis of modern Iran, THE PERSIAN BRIDE is unflinching in its vision of twentieth-century chaos. In 1974, the young Englishman John Pitt follows the hippie trail...
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