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What Lies Within

What Lies Within
  • Author(s): Annabelle Thorpe
  • Location(s): Taroudant, Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An intense, claustrophobic psychological novel about the dark side of expat life, and what being out of your comfort zone can do to you, set in the vibrant souks and ancient riads of Marrakech A unique friendship, built on...

A Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me

A Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me
  • Author(s): Youssef Fadel
  • Location(s): Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through his satirical sketches critical of Morocco’s rulers. Yet when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a...

Lies and Weddings

Lies and Weddings
  • Author(s): Kevin Chen
  • Location(s): Hawai'i, England, Los Angeles, Marrakech, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Rufus Leung Gresham, future Duke of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his scheming mother, is for him to attend his sister’s...

Sky’s the Limit

Sky’s the Limit
  • Author(s): Janie Millman
  • Location(s): Marrakech, France
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Present

Sky is devastated when she finds that her husband is in love with someone else, even more that it is her oldest friend Nick. She has lost the two most important men in her life and can’t ever trust...

Tea at the Grand Tazi

Tea at the Grand Tazi
  • Author(s): Alexandra Singer
  • Location(s): Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize Runner up of the Luke Bitmead Bursary Maia is leaving London to paint in the bright sunlight and exotic setting of Morocco. Working as an assistant to a once famous Historian, she is...

The Exchange

The Exchange
  • Author(s): John Grisham
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), London, Marrakech, Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Exchange is John Grisham’s epic follow-up to his phenomenal global bestseller The Firm, the novel that launched his career as the world’s favourite storyteller – it will take you on a rollercoaster journey across the globe, from New...

The Trip

The Trip
  • Author(s): Rebecca Ley
  • Location(s): Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One last chance to become who we were supposed to be… The trip was supposed to be the perfect holiday. Six friends, reuniting after two decades, spending the weekend in a beautiful riad in Marrakesh. Only, these friends are...

The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit

The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
  • Author(s): Elias Canetti
  • Location(s): Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In The Voices of Marrakesh, he captures the essence of that place:...

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