Almayer’s Folly: a story of an Eastern River
- Location(s): Indonesia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 19th Century
This is Joseph Conrad’s first novel and it sets the style that he adopts throughout his literary life. He describes the unravelling of flawed characters against a backdrop of dramatic proportions. Conrad’s powers of description are remarkable with the crisis in...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
- Location(s): Switzerland
- Genre(s): Mystery
Emily Andrew, a young and pretty, but unemployed actress, travels with her spry grandmother to Switzerland, together with a group of senior citizens from Iowa. Unfortunate incidents happen to the group members and Emily has to investigate and teams...
- Location(s): The Peak District
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire’s CID with a problem. They have discovered a man’s body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads,...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Frances Thorpe, a sub-editor on the books pages of the Questioner, is one of those quiet women it’s advisable to watch. A thirty-something living alone in a shabby north London flat, she’s stuck in a job that she thinks...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1931, WW2
The story opens in Krakow in 1931, as a baby girl is conceived out of wedlock, the byproduct of a foolish heart and a tragic inheritance. The child’s grandmother, a countess, believes that she is protecting her daughter when...
- Location(s): London, Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Set both in Tuscany and in the trendy haunts of London, this is the hilarious sequel to Cooking with Fernet Branca. The inimitable Gerald Samper is back, with his musings on the absurdities of modern life and his entertaining...
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
NOBODY TO CALL With a mother unfit for purpose and a brother who despises her, working girl Amber can rely on no one but herself – until the meanest pimp in Manchester, Kevin Pike, offers her his protection. Unfortunately,...
Amber Green Takes Manhattan (Amber Green 2)
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Romance, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
When her TV producer boyfriend Rob announces that he’s been offered a job in New York, filming with the infamous Angel Wear lingerie models, Amber knows its her perfect chance to take the New York fashion world by storm....
America’s Boy: the Marcoses and the Philippines
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
A re-examination of the rule of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the Philippines and the conditions that gave rise to their leadership. The author argues that they were merely the latest in a long line of corrupt Filipino leaders...
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