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Location(s): Sydney
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Era(s): Contemporary
In the bush, south of Sydney, among the beach goers, walkers and picnickers, a menace grows. The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. Only the Afflür Hunter and Guardians can stop them,...
Location(s): Europe
Genre(s): Travelogue
Era(s): 1930s
Walking from the Hoek of Holland to Rotterdam, through Europe, Munich to the Danube – beautifully observed, an absolute classic.
Location(s): Brooklyn, New York City (NYC)
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): Early 20th century
This is a New York classic about a young girl growing up in Brooklyn, evocative of this area of New York (Williamsburg) and describes the experience of people immigrating into the city.
Location(s): Bangkok
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1950s
Set against a beautifully observed Thailand of the 1950s, this is the story of a young Englishman s infatuation with a dance-hall hostess named Vilai, who all Bangkok knows as The White Leopard. No ordinary prostitute, Vilai is one...
Location(s): Paris, Vienna
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1827-1838
Virtuoso pianist Isabette Grüber captivates audiences in the salons and concert halls of early nineteenth-century Vienna. Yet in a profession dominated by men, Isabette longs to compose and play her own music—a secret she keeps from both her lascivious...
Location(s): Edinburgh
Genre(s): Travelogue
Era(s): Modern
“I love this city, and always shall. I write about it. I dream about it. I walk its streets and see something new each day – traces of faded lettering on the stone, still legible, but just; some facade...
Location(s): Amsterdam
Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Era(s): Modern
A body is found hanging on a hook above the canals of Amsterdam’s old town, a mobile phone forced into the victim’s mouth. In a remote coastal village, a doll lies in the ashes of a burnt-down house. But...
Location(s): Spain
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Modern looking back
A little boy and his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man’s missing birthday in Diana Rosie’s debut novel, Alberto’s Lost Birthday. Alberto is an old man. But he doesn’t know how old – he remembers nothing...
All Creatures Great and Small: “If Only They Could Talk” and “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet”
Location(s): Yorkshire
Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
Era(s): 1930s
This is the rural landscape of North Yorkshire. The life of a vet in the 1930s, beautifully written and a classic of its time.
Location(s): London
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 18th Century
London, 1756: In Newgate prison, Tully Truegood awaits trial. Her fate hanging in the balance, she tells her life-story. It’s a tale that takes her from skivvy in the back streets of London, to conjuror’s assistant, to celebrated courtesan...