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The Pledge

The Pledge
  • Author(s): Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lawyer Thea has just won the biggest case of her professional life when she receives a mysterious invitation – and finds herself on a jet, being whisked off to a private Caribbean island. Except this is no holiday. Thea’s...

The Plotters

The Plotters
  • Author(s): Un-su Kim
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The important thing is not who pulls the trigger but who’s behind the person who pulls the trigger – the plotters, the masterminds working in the shadows. Raised by Old Raccoon in The Library of Dogs, Reseng has always...

The Po

The Po
  • Author(s): Tobias Jones
  • Location(s): North Italy
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

The Po is the longest river in Italy, travelling for 652 kilometres from one end of the country to the other. It rises by the French border in the Alps and meanders the width of the entire peninsula to...

The Poacher’s Son

The Poacher’s Son
  • Author(s): Paul Doiron
  • Location(s): The Maine Wilderness
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find a cryptic message on his answering machine from his father, Jack, who he hasn’t heard from in two years. The next morning Mike gets a call from the police:...

The Poet

The Poet
  • Author(s): Yi Mun-Yol
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th century

A young man’s determination to maintain his integrity in an unjust society forces him to endure a lonely and dangerous odyssey. When a governor to the King falls into rebel hands, he switches sides to save his skin. When...

The Poet X

The Poet X
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Location(s): Harlem
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE POET X – THE WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL. A stunning New York Times bestseller with a powerful and unforgettable YA voice. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi’s The Children of Blood and Bone, Angie Thomas’s The...

The Poet’s War

The Poet’s War
  • Author(s): Francis O'Neill
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Interwar period and WWII

JOIN A HEROIC WARRIOR POET ON A JOURNEY THROUGH LOVE AND WAR IN THE NEXT EPIC NOVEL YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN “Brilliantly written, with superb characterizations” — Praise for Francis O’Neill in The New York Times...

The Poetic Murderer

The Poetic Murderer
  • Author(s): Christoph Burmeister
  • Location(s): Copenhagen
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Fear will learn to fear you.” If you liked Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist, you will love The Poetic Murderer. Detective 00 Hansen is an enigmatic dreamer in the streets of Copenhagen, riding a fast antelope, and living a slow...

The Point

The Point
  • Author(s): Marion Halligan
  • Location(s): Canberra
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Themes of destruction, loss, and desire are explored in this intricately crafted novel. On a cliff overlooking a scenic lake and city skyline rises an elegant glass confection that is home to the best restaurant in town—The Point. Here,...

The Poison Garden

The Poison Garden
  • Author(s): Alex Marwood
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Where Romy grew up, if someone died you never spoke of them again. Now twenty-two, she has recently escaped the toxic confines of the cult she was raised in. But Romy is young, pregnant and completely alone – and...

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