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City of Bones

City of Bones
  • Author(s): Michael Connelly
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The outstanding eighth Harry Bosch thriller from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer. When the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings...

Climbing in Heels

Climbing in Heels
  • Author(s): Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Beanie, Mercedes and Ella – a Valley Girl from LA, an English rose-with-thorns and a Kentucky blueblood, each denying their past while creating a future – together storm the boys’ club that is the hottest talent agency in 1980s...

Close Up

Close Up
  • Author(s): Amanda Quick
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Welcome to Burning Cove, California where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer . . . Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include headshots for aspiring celebrities or nightly calls to take snaps of grisly...

Clover Blue

Clover Blue
  • Author(s): Eldonna Edwards
  • Location(s): Northern California
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Set against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California, Clover Blue is a compelling, beautifully written story of a young boy’s search for identity. There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn’t sure of: his exact date...

Cold Desert Sky

Cold Desert Sky
  • Author(s): Rod Reynolds
  • Location(s): Las Vegas, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1946

Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles, trying to stay anonymous in the city of angels. But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the...

Commitment

Commitment
  • Author(s): Mona Simpson
  • Location(s): California, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

When Diane Aziz drives her oldest son, Walter, from LA to college, it will be her last parental act before falling into a deep depression. A single mother who believes that her children can attain all the things she...

Commonwealth

Commonwealth
  • Author(s): Ann Patchett
  • Location(s): Southern California, Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s...

Cooking for Ghosts: Book I in The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy

Cooking for Ghosts: Book I in The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy
  • Author(s): Patricia V Davis
  • Location(s): Long Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): mid-2000

Do hearts broken long ago forever leave a tangible trace? A Vegas cocktail waitress. An Indian herbalist. A British chemistry professor. An Italian-American widow. Four unique women with one thing in common: each is haunted by a tragedy from...

Courting Greta

Courting Greta
  • Author(s): Ramsey Hootman
  • Location(s): Healdsburg, California
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 2000's

Samuel Cooke knows most women wouldn’t give him a second glance even if he were the last man on earth. He’s the cripple with the crutches, the nerdy computer genius every female past puberty feels compelled to mother. So...

Crash Into Me

Crash Into Me
  • Author(s): Robinne Lee
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Romance
  • Era(s): 2015

LOS ANGELES, 2015 When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she’s stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand – a woman she hasn’t seen in twenty...

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