- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon), London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
The Sandglass tells the story of two feuding families whose lives are interlinked by the changing fortunes of postcolonial Sri Lanka. Moving back and forth between London and Sri Lanka, the novel brings to life Prins Ducal and his...
- Location(s): Stockholm
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
HE’S SWEDEN’S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER. Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff. HE’LL LULL YOU INTO A SENSE OF CALM. Mikael knows him as “the...
- Location(s): Oxford
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When John Dyer returns to Oxford from Brazil with his young son, he doesn’t expect to find them both in danger. Every day is the same. He drops Leandro at his smart prep school and walks to the library...
- Location(s): Santorini
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Three women, one writing retreat, endless possibilities… Bestselling author Jessica Rose needs to escape from a terrible secret that’s robbed her of her creativity. Could leading a retreat on a gorgeous Greek island be just what she needs? Coming...
- Location(s): Amritsar
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Young Ramchand rushes through the dusty streets of Amritsar, once again late for work. Chastised by his boss, he takes his place among the cottons and silks of the sari shop, selling yards of cloth to the wealthy and...
- Location(s): Pacific Northwest
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
They’re out there, you know–those bipedal hominids commonly called Sasquatch. This imaginative, tightly woven tale explains just how those creatures came to be traipsing around in the big trees surrounding Mount St. Helens. While local oddballs and elbow-benders talk...
- Location(s): Europe
- Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
- Era(s): Current
“I had an idea for a road trip; a sports car I shouldn’t have bought; and a wife to point out that what looks entirely feasible on a scaled map can actually be quite a long way away.” This...
- Location(s): Karoo
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Food and Drink
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tannie Maria Mystery 2 Meet Tannie Maria – recipe writer turned crime fighter – and before she has time to take her Venus Chocolate Cake out of the oven, our glorious heroine finds herself embroiled in another mystery. In...
- Location(s): Western Ghats
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the princely state of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur’s royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly...
- Location(s): California, Taiwan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
An engrossing and original story about a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life there, for readers of Olive Kitteridge and Hello Beautiful. Joan Liang’s life is a series of surprising developments: she never...
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