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To Retribution

To Retribution
  • Author(s): F J Curlew
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London, The Scottish Borders
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020's

The military is in control. Tight control. Media is censored, movement restricted. There are re-education camps for trouble makers, repatriation camps for non-nationals. Jake, Brian and Suze, three idealistic young journalists, are used to hiding as they try to...

To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters

To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters
  • Author(s): Suzanne Fagence Cooper
  • Location(s): Europe
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 19th Century

John Ruskin – born 200 years ago, in February 1819 – was the greatest critic of his age: a critic not only of art and architecture but of society and life. But his writings – on beauty and truth,...

To See Too Much

To See Too Much
  • Author(s): Mark West
  • Location(s): Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A small seaside community begins to turn on itself when calamity strikes Social worker Carrie Riccioni is recovering from a heart attack, in a holiday home by the sea in Norfolk. Allowed only light walking on the beach to...

To the Brink

To the Brink
  • Author(s): Cindy Gerard
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Working on highly sensitive diplomatic affairs, Darcy Prescott is a natural target for terrorist kidnappers. But when she’s mysteriously plucked off a street in Manila one sultry night, Darcy’s disappearance isn’t what it seems… The moment Special Forces soldier...

To the Edge of the Sky

To the Edge of the Sky
  • Author(s): Anhua Gao
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th century

Anhua Gao’s parents were hailed as revolutionary heroes. In her early years she knew love and support and grew up in a privileged world. But when they both tragically died, all she was left with was her parent’s fading...

To the Edge of the World

To the Edge of the World
  • Author(s): Julia Green
  • Location(s): St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Imagine a tiny island far out in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. On some days, you can hardly see where the sea ends and the land begins, everything merged in a blue-grey mist of sea...

To The End of the Land

To The End of the Land
  • Author(s): David Grossman
  • Location(s): Israel
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is about to celebrate her son Ofer’s release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. Instead of waiting at home for the ‘notifiers’ who could arrive at any...

To the Island

To the Island
  • Author(s): Patricia Forde, Nicola Bernardelli (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Galway, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Fia looks out her window and across the bay. She longs to see the mysterious island, which appears and disappears in the water. One night a moonbeam reaches across the bay and leads her to the island. She walks...

To the Lake

To the Lake
  • Author(s): Yana Vagner, Maria Wiltshire (translator)
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation, Psychological Thriller

A deadly flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow, killing hundreds of thousands. Anya and her husband Sergey decide they have no choice but to flee to a lake in the far north of Russia.   Joining them on their journey...

To the Land of long Lost Friends

To the Land of long Lost Friends
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Crime

In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance and finds that family relationships are always a tricky proposition—even for Botswana’s premier female detective....

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