- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cam Killick Norfolk Mysteries #1 A gripping, propulsive and atmospheric crime thriller perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Peter James and Elly Griffiths. Your new Norfolk crime obsession starts here… Nobody ever knew what happened to the Brindleys. One...
The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Adventure, Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): 19th and 20th centuries
Andrew Marshall has written an unforgettable adventure story, the wry account of two journeys into the untraveled heart of Burma. Part travelogue, part history, part reportage, The Trouser People recounts the story of George Scott, the eccentric British explorer,...
- Location(s): Shetland Islands
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
When a visiting yachting couple go missing from the Shetland oil capital of Brae, sailing skipper Cass Lynch overcomes her mistrust of the land world to ask for help from her old adversary DI Gavin Macrae. He discovers a...
- Location(s): East Anglia
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
People disappear when they most want to be seen. Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey,...
The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters
- Location(s): Ireland, Dublin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th Century
It is the age of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, when Europe burns with a passion for long, flowing locks. And when seven Irish sisters, penniless and fatherless, grow up with hair cascading down their backs, to their ankles, and beyond,...
- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain...
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Easter, 1981. With Jamaica in a state of emergency, the Landing family gathers to bury one of its own. For Monica Landing, who had not spoken to her daughter for fifteen years, the death of Lana is the cruellest...
- Location(s): Philadelphia, Boston
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): late 20th century
THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN is an uplifting story by E. B. White, author of CHARLOTTE’S WEB in which wildlife and nature blend with fantasy to make a tender, humorous and unforgettable animal tale. Unlike other cygnets, Louis, the...
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair
- Location(s): New England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back to 1975
Set in a fictional New England town…. August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later,...
- Location(s): West Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1938
In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from...
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