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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...

The Poison Tree

The Poison Tree
  • Author(s): Erin Kelly
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1990s

I have given up so much and done so many terrible things already for the sake of my family that I can only keep going. I do not know what is going to happen to us. I am frightened,...

The Poisoned Embrace

The Poisoned Embrace
  • Author(s): Lawrence Osborne
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

Sex and death have been locked into a theological equation known as sexual pessimism, since the days of the Early Fathers of the Catholic Church. The very curious thing is that this aversion to the carnal, and its consequent...

The Poisoned Pawn

The Poisoned Pawn
  • Author(s): Peggy Blair
  • Location(s): Ottawa
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Detective Mike Ellis returns home after he is cleared in the death of a young boy while on vacation in Cuba, only to discover that his estranged wife, Hilary, is dead, and that he’s the main suspect. Meanwhile, Inspector...

The Poisoner’s Tale

The Poisoner’s Tale
  • Author(s): Cathryn Kemp
  • Location(s): Palermo, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 1600s

Murderer or saviour? You decide. . . Rome, 1656 In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary – a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their...

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