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Until August

Until August
  • Author(s): Gabriel García Márquez
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 20th century

THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERAAND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar....

Until I Met You

Until I Met You
  • Author(s): Amber Rose Gill
  • Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Will a tropical escape lead to a perfect romance? It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime for Samantha: the launch of her travel blog, her best friend’s wedding and – hopefully – her own marriage proposal....

Until Proven Innocent

Until Proven Innocent
  • Author(s): Nicola Williams
  • Location(s): Peckham, South London
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lee Mitchell #1 When the teenage son of a south London pastor is shot at point-blank range, shockwaves echo through the close-knit community. For barrister Lee Mitchell, born and raised in Peckham, the murder hits close to home. And...

Until The Curtain Falls

Until The Curtain Falls
  • Author(s): David Ebsworth
  • Location(s): Northern Spain, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1938-39

October 1938 and foreign correspondent Jack Telford is on the run in northern Spain, territory now controlled by Franco’s fascists. And he’s killed somebody close to the Generalísimo’s heart. Telford’s a hunted man, and hunted by three different and...

Until The Last Star Fades

Until The Last Star Fades
  • Author(s): Jacquelyn Middleton
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), East Village, Staten Island
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In her senior year at NYU, Riley Hope appears to be on top of the world. With a loving mother who makes Lorelai Gilmore look like a parenting slacker, ride-or-die friends, and a longtime boyfriend destined for the National...

Unto Us a Son Is Given

Unto Us a Son Is Given
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under...

Untold Night and Day

Untold Night and Day
  • Author(s): Bae Suah, Deborah Smith (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seoul
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A hypnotic, disorienting story of parallel lives unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul’s summer For two years, twenty-eight-year-old Kim Ayami has worked at Seoul’s only audio theatre for the blind. But now...

Untrue till Death

Untrue till Death
  • Author(s): Graham Brack
  • Location(s): Netherlands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1674

After successfully solving the case of the missing girls in Delft, Master Mercurius has made a name for himself as a private investigator. With unrest occurring both nationally and internationally, William of Orange is obsessed by plots against his...

Unveiling Venus

Unveiling Venus
  • Author(s): Sophia Bennett
  • Location(s): London, Venice
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Victorian Era

In the gossip-fuelled world of Victorian London, Persephone Lavelle is the name on everyone’s lips. As Mary’s secret identity is exposed and rumours fly, she flees the scandal by escaping to Venice. Lost among the twisting alleyways and shadowy...

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa
  • Author(s): William Somerset Maugham
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1941

In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the repercussions of whimsy. On the day her older and prosperous friend asks her to marry him, Mary...

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