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The Prospector

The Prospector
  • Author(s): J.M.G. Le Clézio
  • Location(s): Mauritius
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

The Prospector is the crowning achievement from one of France’s preeminent contemporary novelists and a work rich with sensuality and haunting resonance. It is the turn of the century on the island of Mauritius, and young Alexis L’Etang enjoys...

The Proving Grounds: A Quest for Manhood

The Proving Grounds: A Quest for Manhood
  • Author(s): Benedict Allen
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

The author, already adopted by a New Guinea village and tutored in tribal love during an initiation ceremony, now determines to experience the “natural” world in the light of this knowledge – how to worship and hunt in it....

The Puppet Show

The Puppet Show
  • Author(s): M W Craven
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective...

The Pure Heart

The Pure Heart
  • Author(s): Trudi Tweedie
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): N/A

When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter’s companion, her life changes forever. Transported from her remote island home to the Scottish borderlands, Iseabail is unnerved both by her precocious young charge and the house’s...

The Purple Shadow

The Purple Shadow
  • Author(s): Christopher Bowden
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day and 1930s

In the years before the war, Sylvie Charlot was a leading light in Paris fashion with many friends among musicians, artists and writers. Now she is largely forgotten. Spending time in Paris during a break in his acting career,...

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
  • Author(s): Neshani Andreas
  • Location(s): Namibia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

This is the story of a woman who refuses to mourn her husband’s death. The village knew she was an unhappy wife, but she is still expected to weep and speak the praises of her husband. Her story reveals...

The Pursuit

The Pursuit
  • Author(s): Christopher Nicole
  • Location(s): London, Bolivia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Lady Miranda Lichton determines to marry a wealthy Bolivian rancher, her family is concerned. When they discover that Ramon Cuesta actually grows cocaine on a global scale and is prepared to resort to murder when necessary, they determine...

The Putney Bridge Killer

The Putney Bridge Killer
  • Author(s): Biba Pearce
  • Location(s): London, Putney, Surrey
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A brutal murder. A deadly secret. A killer who’s done this before . . . DCI Rob Miller is called to a murder scene in the early hours of the morning. A young woman’s body has been discovered under...

The Pyramid

The Pyramid
  • Author(s): William Golding
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where...

The Pyramid Murders

The Pyramid Murders
  • Author(s): Fiona Veitch Smith
  • Location(s): Egypt, London, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

1930: Miss Clara Vale, chemistry major turned detective, is taking a night off from sleuthing to attend the launch party of a new exhibition at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. But when the piece de resistance, a rare ornate...

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