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Smoke on the Wind

Smoke on the Wind
  • Author(s): Kelli Estes
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Dual timeline; present day and 1801

In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. Struggling with the tragic end of her...

Forgiveness- A sensation novel-The life and murder of Bessie Caroline Goodwin

Forgiveness- A sensation novel-The life and murder of Bessie Caroline Goodwin
  • Author(s): Simon Hobbs
  • Location(s): Derbyshire
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime
  • Era(s): Victorian

Bessie Goodwin, a young woman of conscience and spirit, lives with her manipulative grandfather, Captain Francis Goodwin, at Wigwell Grange, near Wirksworth. In August of 1863 she is brutally murdered by George Townley, to whom she had previously been...

The Greek Island Killer

The Greek Island Killer
  • Author(s): Frances Lloyd
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Please note this was originally published as Nemesis of the Dead. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes Mystery Book 1 SOMEONE’S POISONING PARADISE. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes and his bride, Corrie, join eight other holidaymakers bound for a tiny Greek island,...

Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley
  • Author(s): Paolo Cognetti, Stash Luczkiw (translator)
  • Location(s): Piedmont (Piemonte), Valsesia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two brothers are reunited high in the Italian Alps, surrounded by the peaks, valleys and nature of a wild, secluded world The heart-stopping new novel from Italy’s million-copy bestselling author of The Eight Mountains ‘A writer of rare wisdom...

By Your Side

By Your Side
  • Author(s): Ruth Jones
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Linda Standish has been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years, in her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit. And now she’s looking forward to the joys of an early retirement. But before she hangs...

Broken

Broken
  • Author(s): Jón Atli Jónasson, Quentin Bates (Translator)
  • Location(s): Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Dóra struggles to cope with life after taking a bullet to the head. Rado is the child of refugees, his career shunted off the tracks due to his family connections to an organised crime gang. But they’re the only...

You Lied First

You Lied First
  • Author(s): Annabel Kantaria
  • Location(s): Oman
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The truth is, everyone lies. All that matters is who lies the best… Sara is about to spend a week in a villa with people she barely knows. She’s been invited to join her daughter, Liv, her boyfriend and...

The Disappearance

The Disappearance
  • Author(s): Annabel Kantaria
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Greece, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Dual timeline 1970s / 2017

In a family built on lies, who can you trust? Audrey Bailey will never forget the moment she met Ralph Templeton in the sweltering heat of a Bombay café. Her lonely life over, she was soon married with two...

Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
  • Author(s): Nadia Wassef
  • Location(s): Cairo
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Early 2000s

‘A moving portrait of Diwan and the Cairo that embraced it, an ode to all the people who have kept it going’ Harvard Review In 2002, three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to...

Lady Pirate of the Caribbean

Lady Pirate of the Caribbean
  • Author(s): Kensuke Ozaki
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Adventure
  • Era(s): 17th century

“Look, Anne! Lately, I saw you going to Charleston disguising yourself as a man. I don’t understand the reason you do it. Why do you dress in male clothing?” Twenty-five-year-old Anne resisted her father, her pastel sylphlike fingers entangled...

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