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Middle England

Middle England
  • Author(s): Jonathan Coe
  • Location(s): Birmingham, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time...

Midnight in Everwood

Midnight in Everwood
  • Author(s): M A Kuzniar
  • Location(s): Nottingham
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1906, early 20th century

In the darkness of night, magic awaits… The Nutcracker for adults, perfect for fans of Robert Dinsdale’s The Toymakers, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber’s Caraval ’It was a rainy day that the magic came, and once...

Midnight in Vienna

Midnight in Vienna
  • Author(s): Jane Thynne
  • Location(s): London, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Historical, Espionage
  • Era(s): 1938

Historical espionage at its very best. Set in 1938 in London and Vienna, a tense and atmospheric thriller told against a backdrop of uncertainty and fear as World War Two threatens. As war looms over Britain and there is...

Midsummer Dreams at Mill Grange

Midsummer Dreams at Mill Grange
  • Author(s): Jenny Kane
  • Location(s): Somerset
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Thea Thomas needs to get away from her old life… and the interfering ex who won’t leave her alone. When she lands a job heading up the restoration of Mill Grange, a stunning Victorian manor in Somerset, it feels...

Minaret

Minaret
  • Author(s): Leila Aboulela
  • Location(s): The Sudan, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary,

In her Muslim hijab, with her down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich London families whose houses she cleans. But twenty years earlier, it was a different story. Najwa was at university in Khartoum...

Mind Over Murder

Mind Over Murder
  • Author(s): Jake Lynch, Annabel McGoldrick
  • Location(s): Oxford
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Oxford journalist-turned-therapist Janna Rose is called to identify the body of her old flame Daniel, she is plunged into a conspiracy that threatens all she holds dear. Janna must follow a trail of cryptic clues, and deploy all...

Miranda Road

Miranda Road
  • Author(s): Heather Reyes
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

Archway, North London. Born in England to an American solider, Georgina Hardiman can’t wait to escape her stop-family. she has big plans for her life…. but she never does make it to Katmandu. The only journey she makes is...

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror
  • Author(s): Cara Delevingne
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current day

Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn’t perfect, but music unites them, and they’re excited about what the future holds for their band,...

Miss Austen

Miss Austen
  • Author(s): Gill Hornby
  • Location(s): Berkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1840

A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen – an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries. 1840: twenty three years after...

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
  • Author(s): Winifred Watson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn. The alluring nightclub singer, Delysia LaFosse, becomes her new...

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