Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various
From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn’t called “the city that never sleeps” for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries,...
- Location(s): Barcelona, Catalonia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
It is 1963, and in her mansion in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Joana idles her days away, banished by her powerful husband and alienated from her family. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, her daughter Carla is impoverished and in trouble.Hating...
- Location(s): Bath
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
One night, one rash act, one crime changed James Daunton’s life for ever. Robbed of everything he once had, and trapped in a merciless vendetta, James must now take on Nathaniel Caine and his gang to survive. Alone, he...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been overtaken by a demanding teaching job. Her boisterous Muslim family, and numerous (interfering) aunties, are professional naggers. And her flighty young cousin, about to...
- Location(s): Manila
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
The Caldwell household, set against the dying regime of the Marcos family with its horror and abuse of its people.
- Location(s): London, Sarasota
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Featuring Anna Lee, on the tennis court, where she is asked to investigate a missing person.the investigation becomes increasingly complex, taking Anna from London to Sarasota, Florida, where she is drawn into the underworld of high finance, violence, and...
- Location(s): South East Asia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s/Modern
It’s 2003, and Cath Pearson is on the run through south east Asia. But from what? It’s 2013, and rock star Jack Wolf has just tried to commit suicide. He begins a search for the one girl he loved...
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She’s 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful,...
- Location(s): Fire Island
- Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
- Era(s): Contemporary
The families on the island have been vacationing here for years; the Weinsteins, the Metzners, the Grobels – and unlucky in love Rachel Woolf. Outsiders aren’t welcome. That is except for Robert, the handsome new tennis coach, who some...
- Location(s): The Maldives
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Is it ever a good idea to go on holiday with friends? Darcy, Camilla and Kate have each come on this trip of a lifetime for a reason – to celebrate a divorce, to find love, to try to...
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