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The Wives of Henry Oades

The Wives of Henry Oades
  • Author(s): Johanna Moran
  • Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa), San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 19th century

In 1899 Henry Oades discovers he has two wives – and many dilemmas… In 1890, Henry Oades decided to undertake the arduous sea voyage from England to New Zealand in order to further his family’s fortunes. Here they settled...

The Wizard of the Kremlin

The Wizard of the Kremlin
  • Author(s): Giuliano da Empoli, Willard Wood (Translator)
  • Location(s): Moscow
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

They call him the Wizard of the Kremlin. Working at the heart of Russian power, spin doctor Vadim Baranov has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Here truth and...

The Wolf

The Wolf
  • Author(s): Nate Blakeslee
  • Location(s): Yellowstone National Park
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Also “American Wolf” The wolf stands at the forefront of the debate about our impact on the natural world. In one of the most celebrated successes of modern conservation, it has been reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. What unfolds...

The Wolf

The Wolf
  • Author(s): Samuel Bjork, Charlotte Barslund (translator)
  • Location(s): Norway, Sweden
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural, Crime, Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It was one of Sweden’s most notorious unsolved cases: two young boys abducted and murdered, their bodies brutally, artistically arranged. But eight years later, when two other boys are found in similar circumstances, it looks like the killer might...

The Wolf and the Watchman

The Wolf and the Watchman
  • Author(s): Niklas Natt och Dag
  • Location(s): Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1790s

The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and...

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Author(s): Jordan Belfort
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of...

The Wolf Princess

The Wolf Princess
  • Author(s): Cathryn Constable
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Alone in the world, Sophie dreams of being someone special, but she could never have imagined this … On a school trip to Russia, Sophie and her two friends find themselves on the wrong train. They are rescued by...

The Wolf Road

The Wolf Road
  • Author(s): Richard Lambert
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

When Lucas survives the car crash that kills his parents, one memory stays with him—of the wolf that caused the crash. And when he learns that a wild creature is killing livestock in the mountains, he knows it’s the...

The Wolf Tree

The Wolf Tree
  • Author(s): Laura Mccluskey
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island… A mysterious death On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old Alan Ferguson was found at the foot of...

The Wolf Wants In

The Wolf Wants In
  • Author(s): Laura McHugh
  • Location(s): Kansas
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Sadie Keller is determined to find out how her brother died, even if no one else thinks it’s worth investigating. Untimely deaths are all too common in rural Blackwater, Kansas, where crime and overdoses are on the rise, and...

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