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Venom

Venom
  • Author(s): Saneh Sangsuk, Mui Poopoksakul (translator)
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Novella
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The village of Praeknamdang, nestled in the Thai jungle, has fallen under the spell of Song Waad, the self-proclaimed medium of The Sacred Mother. Living in fear of his connection to the Patron goddess, the villagers offer up land...

Venture To The Interior

Venture To The Interior
  • Author(s): Laurens Van Der Post
  • Location(s): Malawi
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): 1949

Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn’t really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot...

Vermeer: a view of Delft

Vermeer: a view of Delft
  • Author(s): Anthony Bailey
  • Location(s): Delft
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 17th Century

Vernon Downs

Vernon Downs
  • Author(s): Jaime Clark
  • Location(s): Boston, New York City (NYC), Phoenix
  • Era(s): Modern

This is a moody novel which follows the exploits of Charlie as he gravitates from one woman to the next.

Vernon God Little

Vernon God Little
  • Author(s): D B C Pierre
  • Location(s): Texas, Martirio
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In the small town of Martirio, Texas, fifteen-year-old Vernon Little finds himself in deep trouble after his best friend Jesus kills sixteen of his classmates before committing suicide. Vernon becomes the target of townspeople in search of vengeance and...

Verona at War (Volume I)

Verona at War (Volume I)
  • Author(s): Richard Hough
  • Location(s): Verona
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1920s/1930s

This is the story of an ancient city at war. From the embers of the Great War, a violent new ideology is born. In the streets and piazzas of Verona, the fledgling movement establishes a foothold. Led by charismatic...

Very Bad Men

Very Bad Men
  • Author(s): Harry Dolan
  • Location(s): Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

A new book in the nationally bestselling series that has wowed critics and readers alike. David Loogan returns! Loogan is living in Ann Arbor with Detective Elizabeth Waishkey and her daughter, Sarah. He’s settled into a quiet routine as...

Very Slowly All At Once

Very Slowly All At Once
  • Author(s): Lauren Schott
  • Location(s): Bratenahl
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Mack and Hailey Evans are on the cusp of living the American Dream. Established careers, two beautiful children, and a new house on a coveted lakefront estate. But modern life is expensive, so the anonymous payments they start to...

Vianne

Vianne
  • Author(s): Joanne Harris
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), France, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Secrets. Chocolate. A touch of magic… On the evening of July 4th, Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother’s ashes in New York and lets the changing wind blow her to the French seaside town of Marseille. For the first time...

Vice

Vice
  • Author(s): Karen Woods
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Betrayal, family loyalties, secrets: not all gangsters live in the east end. Two families run this part of Manchester: the Johnsons and the Bennetts. With the head of the Johnson family banged up, the Bennetts have made their move....

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