- Location(s): Vietnam
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
It is the summer of 1945, the last and very dangerous days of World War II. The Office of Strategic Services is in close, cooperative contact with Ho Chi Minh and the fighting cadre of the Viet Minh, working...
- Location(s): County Laois
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
Within the walls of the ancient house, thirty novices try hard to conform to the religious life. Frawley, boisterous and unconventional; Barragry, the cynical journalist who has left behind a full life and a good woman; MacKenna, sensitive and...
- Location(s): Rhodes
- Genre(s): Thriller, Suspense
- Era(s): Current
The mafia never forgets an enemy. And Darwin Kostas can’t allow them to remember. Ten years ago, Darwin Kostas narrowly escaped the clutches of multiple mafia families. Living off the grid in Europe, he has remained hidden from those...
There’s a Centipede in My Pyjamas: An English Family in Seychelles
- Location(s): Seychelles
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2011
t’s February 2011, the recession is in full swing and jobs are harder to come by than honest politicians. Things are looking grim for unemployed conservationist Martin Varley until he lands a dream job in the Seychelles. He, his...
There’s a Monster Behind the Door
- Location(s): Réunion (Reunion)
- Genre(s): In Translation, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own. This is La Réunion in the 1980s: high unemployment...
There’s Only One Paris: Tale for our Times
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
“There’s only one Paris, and however hard living here may be, and if it became worse and even harder, a world of good.” — Vincent van Gogh. In the midst of a global pandemic, the artist’s...
There’s Something About Cornwall
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A knight in a shining camper van! Life is far from picture perfect for food photographer, Emilie Roberts. Not only has her ex-boyfriend cheated on her, he’s also stolen her dream assignment to beautiful Venice! Instead, Emilie is heading to the...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Crime, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2016
Two dead men. Forty suspects. The trial that broke a small South African town “Look what the fucking dogs did to them, someone muttered. No-one mentioned the rope, or the monkey-wrench, or the gun, or the knife, or the...
- Location(s): Belfast
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1941
A Guardian and Observer Fiction Highlight for 2022 and a Bookseller Editor’s Choice The new novel from the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2021 **Available to pre-order now** Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941....
- Location(s): Kentucky, Appalachian Mountains
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): post WW2
Francine Howard has her life all mapped out until the soldier she planned to marry at WWII’s end writes to tell her he’s in love with a woman in England. Devastated, Francine seeks a fresh start in the Appalachian...
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