- Location(s): Syria
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
You can t choose your family Megan and her husband Jack have finally found stability in their lives. But the threat of Megan s troubled son Billy is never far from their minds. Billy s release from the local...
- Location(s): China, France, Mars, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Fiction, Future
- Era(s): Various
A short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large. In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai’s latest collection Tomorrow...
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
- Location(s): Madrid
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
“No one ever suspects,” begins Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me, “that they might one day find themselves with a dead woman in their arms….” Marta has just met Victor when she invites him to dinner at her...
- Location(s): Puerto Vallarta
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Two families arrive in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. Jenna has organized the trip to celebrate her husband’s fiftieth birthday–she’s been looking forward to it for months. She’s sure everything is going to be just perfect–and the...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Berlin. A city where nightclubs stay open from Friday night till Monday morning. A city with an underbelly as dark and addictive as the 24-hour drugs, drinking, dancing and sex in filthy toilets that it serves up. Three young...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Future
- Era(s): Near future
When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hideously wrong — their families are gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in their...
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 20th century
These beautifully crafted stories depict the changing relationships between black and white southerners, the impact of the civil rights movement, and the emergence of the New South. Mary Ward Brown is a storyteller in the tradition of such powerful...
Too Bright for Murder (Ruth Finlay Mysteries Book 2)
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Ruth Finlay accompanies her neighbour Doris Cleaver and the Mahjong club on a long weekend in the picturesque town of Bright, she’s hoping for a relaxing time researching the town for a feature article. Instead, the death of...
- Location(s): Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1950s
It is 1951, and Jean-Luc Guéry has arrived in Indochina to investigate the murder of his brother, Olivier, whose body was found floating in a tributary of the Saigon River. As an avid reader of detective fiction, Guéry is...
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