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The River At Night

The River At Night
  • Author(s): Erica Ferencik
  • Location(s): Allagash, Maine
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Raw, relentless and heart-poundingly real, this book knocked me off my feet like a river in flood’ Ruth Ware, bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10 ‘A thought came to me that I couldn’t force...

The River Between Us

The River Between Us
  • Author(s): Liz Fenwick
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1910s and 2019

Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she...

The River of Kings

The River of Kings
  • Author(s): Taylor Brown
  • Location(s): Georgia, Altamaha River
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Two brothers travel a storied river’s past and present in search of the truth about their father’s death in the second novel by the acclaimed author of Fallen Land. The Altamaha River, Georgia’s “Little Amazon,” has been named one...

The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma

The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
  • Author(s): Thant Myint-U
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various centuries

For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma–through sanctions and tourist boycotts–only to see an apparent slide toward even harsher dictatorship....

The River Runs Red

The River Runs Red
  • Author(s): Ally Rose
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

Berlin is in the midst of its worst winter in decades.Against the backdrop of freezing temperatures, blizzards and snowstorms, the city refuses to grind to a halt. Lurking within the shadows is a Stasi victim, out for revenge against...

The River View: A Jules Clement Novel

The River View: A Jules Clement Novel
  • Author(s): Jamie Harrison
  • Location(s): Montana
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Former Sheriff Jules Clement returns in this new installment of the celebrated mystery series, set once again in the wild, strange, windy town of Blue Deer, Montana, where your neighbors or the tourists can be just as deadly as...

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
  • Author(s): Winston S. Churchill
  • Location(s): The Sudan
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1896

A story of heroism and glory that rivals any work of fiction, this instructive treatise on a Middle Eastern conflict was written by one of history’s greatest figures. In The River War, Winston Churchill recounts a critical but often...

The River We Remember

The River We Remember
  • Author(s): William Kent Krueger
  • Location(s): Minnesota
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1958

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “expansive, atmospheric American...

The River Why

The River Why
  • Author(s): David James Duncan
  • Location(s): Oregon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author. Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan’s sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love,...

The River’s Song

The River’s Song
  • Author(s): Suchen Christine Lim
  • Location(s): Singapore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Ping, the daughter of Chinatown’s Pipa Queen, loves Weng, the voice of the people, but family circumstances drive them apart. Ping is forced to leave suddenly for the USA, where she creates a different life for herself. Many years...

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