- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, In Translation
- Era(s): early 2000s
After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all...
- Location(s): Wales
- Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
Friends forever is a difficult promise to keep… Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best friends since primary school when they swore an oath on a Curly Wurly wrapper that they would always be there for each other, come what...
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