- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
New York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub – a life that she can be proud of. Having left her unreliable...
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1939 onwards
It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling,...
- Location(s): Lancashire
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1850s
Born with a club foot in a remote village in the Pennines, Ruth is feared and ridiculed by her superstitious neighbours who see her affliction as a sign of witchcraft. When her father is killed in an accident and...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1980s
’The Street Riding Years’ is a coming-of-age story about an urban motorcycle mercenary in 1980s London. It was a time when badly behaved messengers capitalised on London’s economic revival, when squatting was a legitimate solution to the housing crisis...
- Location(s): The Maldives
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Geoffrey Bailey is a man in search of a new job – and a new life. Then Strode & Company, City shipowners, make him a curious offer: find Peter Strode, the family black sheep, and make sure he returns...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
- Location(s): Vancouver Island
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): contemporary
AN ENGROSSING MURDER MYSTERY FROM CANADA Many of the inhabitants of a Vancouver Island town are gathered at the local castle for the opening of a time capsule buried some forty years ago. But the event comes to an...
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Renowned management consultant Dr. Dan Trix has been hired to market a luxury golf course in Hawaii. So why is someone trying to kill him? Trix is no stranger to violence. And he particularly doesn’t appreciate being attack by...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Humour, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Amber Green loves her job at Smith’s, the exclusive London boutique frequented by the rich, the famous and the stylish – and with stylist to the stars Mona Armstrong as a customer, there is never a dull moment. With...
- Location(s): Slovenia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In an unnamed city shrouded in mist, Valent Kosmina is a retiree living quietly yet discontentedly with his doped-up, TV-addicted wife. To escape the claustrophobia of home and city, he masquerades as a man of means and takes to...
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