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London Falling

London Falling
  • Author(s): Patrick Radden Keefe
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Nonfiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2019

In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, fell to his death from a luxury apartment building on the banks of the Thames. On a desperate quest to understand how their son had died, his grieving parents made a terrible...

London in Black

London in Black
  • Author(s): Jack Lutz
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Future, Dystopian, Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 2020s

A TENSE, TICKING-BOMB THRILLER SET IN A GRITTY NEAR-FUTURE LONDON LONDON 2027 Terrorists deploy London Black, a highly sophisticated nerve gas, at Waterloo Station. For ten percent of the population – the ‘Vulnerables’ – exposure means near-certain death. Only...

London is Dead

London is Dead
  • Author(s): Michael Keenaghan
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Set in 2006

‘Tough, urban prose from an author with a sharp, distinctive style and an ear for the language of London’s naughtier characters. Keenaghan’s love for his city shines through in this driven, thumping novel. Cult fiction for the 2020s.’ –...

London Rules

London Rules
  • Author(s): Mick Herron
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent’s Park’s First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he’s facing attack from all...

London Under London: A Subterranean Guide

London Under London: A Subterranean Guide
  • Author(s): Ellis Hillman, Richard Trench
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Various

The London we know and see is only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the familiar surface lies an unknown city, a Hades of buried and forgotten rivers, sunken sewers, underground railways, pipes and passages, tubes and tunnels, crypts...

London’s No.1 Dog-Walking Agency

London’s No.1 Dog-Walking Agency
  • Author(s): Kate MacDougall
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kate MacDougall always knew her heart wasn’t really in her job at Sotheby’s. All around her, her friends were finding their dream jobs and whooshing up career ladders, fulfilled and glowing with success, flush with easy credit. After yet...

London, Burning

London, Burning
  • Author(s): Anthony Quinn
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

London, Burning is a novel about the end of the 1970s, and the end of an era. It concerns a nation divided against itself, a government trembling on the verge of collapse, a city fearful of what is to...

London, Can You Wait?

London, Can You Wait?
  • Author(s): Jacquelyn Middleton
  • Location(s): London, Dublin, Manchester, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Present Day

Alex loves Mark. Mark loves Alex. But is love enough? Since moving to London from the US, twenty-four-year-old Alex Sinclair seems to have it all: a coveted job writing for the theatre, supportive friends, and the man of her...

London: A Life in Maps

London: A Life in Maps
  • Author(s): Peter Whitfield
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

A city long shrouded in literary and historical mists—not to mention real ones—London seduces tourists and natives alike. From Big Ben to the grimy Victorian streets of Dickens novels on up to the sleek high-rises that dot the skyline...

Londonist Mapped

Londonist Mapped
  • Author(s): AA Publishing
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Londonist is about London and everything that happens in it – and now it’s mapped. The city at your fingertips, brought to life by an eclectic group of illustrators. Whether you’re looking for something new to do around Brick...

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