- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019. Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019. Shortlisted for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019. Marinka dreams...
- Location(s): Syracuse NY
- Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
It was called a haven for runaway teens. In truth, it was a nightmare, one that ended in fiery violence sixteen years ago. Or so its survivors believed… Syracuse news anchor Julie Jones is afraid. Her long-dead past was...
- Location(s): Kangchenjunga
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all. Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far – and the mountain is not...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporay
She investigates missing persons—now she is one. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little...
- Location(s): East London
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Suffragette Movement
Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and...
- Location(s): The Peloponnese
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
After an Arctic winter, a British recession, and a downturn in the newspaper industry, two journalists and their dog embark on an adventure in the wild and beautiful southern Peloponnese. A perfect plan, except for one thing – Greece...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Victorian times
London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling from her last job and with her reputation in tatters, a remarkable puzzle has come her way. Christabel Berwick has...
- Location(s): Michigan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Lyndie St. James is thrilled that her best friend, Elle, is getting married but unprepared for the emotional storm of the wedding week and returning to her childhood summer home of Sweethaven. The idyllic cottage community harbors some of...
Things That Crash, Things That Fly
- Location(s): Italian Alps, Greenville
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): early 2000s
As a husband and wife plan an Italian vacation with friends—to visit her family’s Tuscan village—she makes a last-minute addition to the itinerary: she plans to leave him when they return. And her bombshell includes a caveat. He isn’t...
- Location(s): Germany
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Later 20th Century / various
The Palace of the Republic, that once housed the East German parliament, is demolished. A grandmother’s laughter passes from life into memory. Furniture that once made a home is taken to the tip. A friendship drops into silence. Old...
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