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Goodbye Birdie Greenwing

Goodbye Birdie Greenwing
  • Author(s): Ericka Waller
  • Location(s): Brighton, Bristol
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget … Birdie Greenwing has been at a loose end ever since her beloved twin sister and husband passed away. Too proud and stubborn to admit she...

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
  • Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Also published as: Green Dolphin Country Vivid, exciting tales ― earthquakes, shipwreck, encounters between New Zealand settlers and the indigenous Maori people ― are paired with fascinating details of 19th-century life, from sailing ships and steamboats to women’s fashions...

Grey Bees

Grey Bees
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov, Boris Dralyuk (translator)
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): present day

Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine’s Grey Zone, the no-man’s-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two...

grk and The Hot Dog Trail

grk and The Hot Dog Trail
  • Author(s): Josh Lacey
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

New York might be the Big Apple, but for Tim it’s sausage city! A priceless golden statue has been stolen and Tim has a vital clue. He follows the trail of hot dogs in a sizzling chase from sleepy...

grk Down Under

grk Down Under
  • Author(s): Josh Lacey
  • Location(s): Australia, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

When Grk sniffs some succulent sausages, he can’t resist following his nose – and ends up on the other side of the world. He’s in Australia, the land of surfing, sharks and the Red Jelly Gang, a ruthless band...

grk Takes Revenge

grk Takes Revenge
  • Author(s): Josh Lacey
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Era(s): Modern

Tim and Natascha realise to their horror that Max has gone to Paris to confront their first adversary, Colonel Zinfandel, the dictator of Stanislavia. They rush after him, with their intrepid dog Grk. Will Max overstep the mark and...

grk: Operation Tortoise

grk: Operation Tortoise
  • Author(s): Josh Lacey
  • Location(s): Seychelles
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

When Tim discovers a man badly hurt on a beach, his sun-kissed relaxing holiday in the Seychelles takes on a more dangerous twist. He and Grk are the only ones, it seems, who want to know what happened. They...

Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou

Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou
  • Author(s): Michael Matza
  • Location(s): Haiti
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set amid Haiti’s worst security crisis in a century – foreshadowing the assassination of President Jovenel Moise – Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou blends history, culture, religion and superstition in a suspenseful story about...

Hangover Square

Hangover Square
  • Author(s): Patrick Hamilton
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

The story of unrequited love, George Harvey Bone seeks solace in the sordid low life area of Earls Court. A tremendous piece of writing.

Hard By A Great Forest

Hard By A Great Forest
  • Author(s): Leo Vardiashvili
  • Location(s): Tbilisi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tbilisi’s littered with memories that await me like landmines. The dearly departed voices I silenced long ago have come back without my permission. The situation calls for someone with a plan. I didn’t even bring toothpaste. Saba’s father is...

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