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The Secretary

The Secretary
  • Author(s): Deborah Lawrenson
  • Location(s): Moscow
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1958

Moscow, 1958. At the height of the Cold War, MI6 secretary Lois Vale is on a deep cover mission to identify a diplomatic traitor. She can trust only one man: Johann, a German journalist also working covertly for the...

The Secrets Between Us

The Secrets Between Us
  • Author(s): Thrity Umrigar
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar’s beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel—a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge...

The Secrets from the Deep

The Secrets from the Deep
  • Author(s): Satu Rämö, Kristian London (Translator)
  • Location(s): Westfjords
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): 1995 / 2022

1995: A young German woman disappears in the Westfjords of Iceland, but the case is quickly forgotten. After all, it’s not uncommon for foreigners who come to Iceland to vanish, and the police are too busy investigating a fatal...

The Secrets of Blythswood Square

The Secrets of Blythswood Square
  • Author(s): Sara Sheridan
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century

You wouldn’t suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Blythswood Square… 1846. Glasgow is a city on the cusp of great social change, but behind the curtains, neighbours are watching, and rumours of improper behaviour spread like...

The Secrets of Provence

The Secrets of Provence
  • Author(s): Daisy Wood
  • Location(s): Paris, Provence
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940 / Contemporary

Provence, 1940. Thrown out of occupied Paris by the Nazis, brave, beautiful Mathilde finds refuge with her cousin in Provence, where she’s soon drawn into the Resistance movement. Secrecy and subterfuge are her constant companions in her life on...

The Secrets of Strangers

The Secrets of Strangers
  • Author(s): Charity Norman
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café – their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is...

The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche

The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche
  • Author(s): M L Longworth
  • Location(s): Aix-en-Provence
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Modern

Provençal Mystery Series #7 One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author Valère Barbier, who once shared dinners with French presidents and all-night drinking bouts with rock stars, has moved into La Bastide Blanche, a...

The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna

The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna
  • Author(s): Erin Palmisano
  • Location(s): Naxos
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Cressida is stuck. Cressida once dreamt of opening a gorgeous guest house and taverna with her husband – but when he died, so did the dream. Lost in grief, Cressida is offered two choices – let a big hotel...

The Secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries)

The Secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries)
  • Author(s): Caroline Lawrence
  • Location(s): Naples
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): AD79

It’s the summer of AD 79 and Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, set sail for the Bay of Naples where they are going to stay with Flavia’s uncle near Pompeii. Once they arrive, they are...

The Secrets of Villa Rosso

The Secrets of Villa Rosso
  • Author(s): Linn B Halton
  • Location(s): Calabria
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Post 2014

Some places stay with you forever… When Ellie Maddison is sent on a business trip to Southern Italy, she’s reminded why she loves her job – set amongst rolling vineyards and rich olive groves, the beautiful Villa Rosso is...

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