The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The second book in the Inspector Kubu series–penned by a pair of Crime Writers’ Association Award-winning South African authors writing under the name Michael Stanley–The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu treats readers to a gripping and atmospheric story of...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
It’s our tenth wedding anniversary . . . and my husband is planning to kill me. He’s organized the perfect cruise — and the perfect murder. His new girlfriend (my replacement) is waiting in the wings. Our luxury cruise...
The Second Life of Inspector Canessa
- Location(s): Milan
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The second book in the Walter Presents library: a ferociously paced noir thriller of family secrets and terrorist plots from one of Italy’s top crime writers Annibale Canessa was a legend: the most notorious cop during Italy’s brutal Years...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean, Manhattan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Madeleine Talmage Force is just seventeen when she attracts the attention of John Jacob “Jack” Astor. Madeleine is beautiful, intelligent, and solidly upper-class, but the Astors are in a league apart. Jack’s mother was the Mrs. Astor, American royalty...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1940s
It’s mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy twenty-two-year-old Chrissie Montgomery, set...
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
- Location(s): The City of London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1750s
Leadenhall Street, London, 1754. Raised amongst the cogs and springs of his father’s workshop, Zachary Cloudesley has grown up surrounded by strange and enchanting clockwork automata. He is a happy child, beloved by his father Abel and the workmen...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Current Day
Tamsin has recently married the much older Robin Featherstone. She knows Robin loves her, even if he is very close to his assistant, Mia. When Robin dies suddenly, his will is beyond shocking. One thing is clear, the family...
The Second Worst Restaurant in France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Contmeporary
Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Twenty years. One secret. A promise never to tell… Nikki finally owns the little coastguard cottage of her dreams – and it’s a few steps away from the hidden beach that means so much to her. But when a...
- Location(s): England, London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 and later 20th Century
In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a...
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