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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...

Up Close and Dangerous

Up Close and Dangerous
  • Author(s): Linda Howard
  • Location(s): Idaho
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern

Bailey Wingate’s scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father’s will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when...

Up to This Pointe

Up to This Pointe
  • Author(s): Jennifer Longo
  • Location(s): Antarctica
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A refreshingly original contemporary YA, unlike anything readers have seen before. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson, John Corey Whaley, and Libba Bray. She had a plan. It went south. Harper is a dancer. She and her best friend,...

Upon a Sleepless Isle

Upon a Sleepless Isle
  • Author(s): Andrew Fidel Fernando
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Dense Green forests in Yala, white-sand coasts in Trincomalee, azure waters off the South Coast, Anuradhapura’s ancient temples, and cricket. Civil war, political assassinations, internally displaced communities, industrial-scale corruption. All are Sri Lanka. As are smug bureaucrats, nosy neighbours,...

Upstate

Upstate
  • Author(s): James Wood
  • Location(s): Saratoga Springs
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Alan Querry, a successful property developer from the north of England, has two daughters: Vanessa, a philosopher who lives and teaches in Saratoga Springs, NY, and Helen, a record company executive based in London. The sisters never quite recovered...

Urnabhih

Urnabhih
  • Author(s): Sumedha Verma Ojha
  • Location(s): Patliputra (Ancient settlement)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): BCE

Urnabhih: A Mauryan Tale of Espionage, Adventure and Seduction Misrakesi comes to the newly-formed Mauryan court with a mission-to avenge the death of her sister. However, an encounter with Chanakya, the man she had planned to kill, sets her...

Ursula, Under

Ursula, Under
  • Author(s): Ingrid Hill
  • Location(s): Michigan, Upper Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): early 21st century and back in time

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a dangerous rescue effort draws the ears and eyes of the entire country. A two-and-a-half-year-old girl has fallen down a mine shaft–the only sound is an astonished tiny intake of breath from Ursula as she...

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