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The Quickening

The Quickening
  • Author(s): Rhiannon Ward
  • Location(s): Derbyshire
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Thriller
  • Era(s): Post war period

Country houses can be such spooky places and Rhiannon Ward who has written the Derbyshire crime novels shows us one with her new novel The Quickening. Her gothic novel is about Clewer Hall. It is the country house shutting...

The Quiet American

The Quiet American
  • Author(s): Graham Greene
  • Location(s): Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwan Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious ‘Third Force’....

The Quiet at the End of the World

The Quiet at the End of the World
  • Author(s): Lauren James
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Future

How far would you go to save those you love? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing...

The Quiet Girl

The Quiet Girl
  • Author(s): Peter Høeg
  • Location(s): Denmark
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kaspar Krone is a world-renowned circus clown, and a man in some deep trouble. Drowning in gambling debt and wanted for tax evasion, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve...

The Quiet Girls

The Quiet Girls
  • Author(s): J M Hewitt
  • Location(s): Pomona Island
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Detective Carrie Flynn’s sister Hattie was kidnapped when they were both little girls. After the police failed to find the culprit, Carrie swore she would become a detective and solve the case herself. But the face of the man...

The Quiet Streets of Winslow

The Quiet Streets of Winslow
  • Author(s): Judy Troy
  • Location(s): Winslow AZ
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When the murdered body of a young woman is found in a river wash in Black Canyon City, Arizona, Deputy Sheriff Sam Rush begins an investigation that leads deeper and deeper into the mystery of her death and the...

The Rabbi’s Cat 2

The Rabbi’s Cat 2
  • Author(s): Joann Sfar
  • Location(s): Africa, Algeria
  • Genre(s): Historical, Humour
  • Era(s): 1930s

Joann Sfar’s beloved, humorous, and wise talking cat is back for more beautifully illustrated adventures in Algiers and across Africa in the 1930s. While the rabbi is away, his cat tags along with Malka of the Lions (the rabbi’s...

The Race

The Race
  • Author(s): Roy Peachey
  • Location(s): China, France, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary and World War Two (1944)

Get ready for the race of your life… This is what it feels like when I’m running. When I’m running fast, I feel free. 12-year-old Lili is determined to defeat her arch rival in front of the Queen during...

The Rachel Incident

The Rachel Incident
  • Author(s): Caroline O'Donoghue
  • Location(s): Cork City
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Rachel Incident is an all-consuming love story. But it’s not the one you’re expecting. It’s unconventional and messy. It’s young and foolish. It’s about losing and finding yourself. But it is always about love. When Rachel falls in...

The Radetzky March

The Radetzky March
  • Author(s): Joseph Roth
  • Location(s): Austria
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Turn 20th Century

Set during the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family, tracing their rise and fall over three generations. Theirs is a sweeping history of heroism and duty, desire and...

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