- Location(s): Laos
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
There is something intoxicating about a secret. There’s something terrifying about a shadow war. You may not know much about Laos or the world of WHITE POWDER. You aren’t supposed to. Drugs, sex, and murder combined with personal and...
- Location(s): Hackney
- Genre(s): Political, Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s/80s
1978: The National Front is gaining ground in Hackney. To counter their influence, anti-fascist groups launch the Carnival Against Racism in Victoria Park. Observing the event is Detective Constable Patrick Noble, charged with investigating racist attacks in the area...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Lithuania
- Genre(s): Fiction
White Shroud is considered by many as the most important work of modernist fiction in Lithuanian. Drawing heavily on the author’s own refugee and immigrant experience, this psychological, stream-of-consciousness work tells the story of an émigré poet working as...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s-90s
This is a hilarious and poignant story of two North London families, headed by Archie and by Archie’s best friend and Samas Iqbal, a Muslim originally from Bengal. An unlikely friendship they served together in the Second World War....
- Location(s): Ibiza
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
What happens when you invite an outsider in? It was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime – a luxury villa in Ibiza, a group of university friends, and their last chance to cut loose before embarking on...
- Location(s): Canada, Israel, Israel, Palestine, Palestine
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century to 1990s
White Zion takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen, pre-State British Mandate Israel, modern Israel and modern Canada. You will hear the voices of a young boy marveling at Israel’s first air force on his own roof,...
- Location(s): Tangier
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
I want that gun, even if it’s in a fish’s stomach. When a fourth corpse in three days washes up in Tangier with a bullet in the chest, Detective Laafrit knows this isn t just another illegal immigrant who...
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Suspense, Fantasy, Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Contemporary
How long can she survive? Expedition day: 152 Temperature: -69°C Location: Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Deep field. Situation: Bleak. My name is Rachael, and I’m on a solo Antarctic expedition. But a month ago I lost contact with basecamp....
- Location(s): Colchester
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
It’s November 1983 in Essex and there are reasons to be cheerful. Uptown Girl is sitting pretty at the top of the charts, Risky Business is raking it in at the box office, and there are now four channels...
- Location(s): The Black Country
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 20th century
In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer beret, appeared on our TV screens for the first time. So began the transformation from apprentice factory worker to future national treasure...
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