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A Manuscript of Ashes

A Manuscript of Ashes
  • Author(s): Antonio Munoz Molina
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

It’s the late sixties, the last dark years of Franco’s dictatorship: Minaya, a university student in Madrid, is caught up in the student protests and the police are after him. He moves to his uncle Manuel’s country estate in...

A Matter of Latitude

A Matter of Latitude
  • Author(s): Isobel Blackthorn
  • Location(s): Lanzarote
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When local Lanzarote anti-corruption activist, Celestino, is T-boned on a lonely stretch of road, he knows the collision was no accident. Wounded and fearing for his life, he hides in an abandoned fishing village, waiting for a chance to...

A Mind To Murder

A Mind To Murder
  • Author(s): Daniella Bernett
  • Location(s): London, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The wicked kill…but the dead speak Journalist Emmeline Kirby and her jewel thief/insurance investigator husband Gregory Longdon were in the mood for intrigue at the theater. However, murder was only supposed to take place on stage. All too soon,...

A Moment of War

A Moment of War
  • Author(s): Laurie Lee
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1930s

A vivid and poignant account of Lee’s experiences of the Spanish Civil War

A Not So Perfect Crime

A Not So Perfect Crime
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A politician discovers a portrait of his wife in a Paris exhibition that leads him to conclude that she is having an affair with the artist. He hires two inexperienced private detectives – non-identical twins – to investigate but...

A Place in the World

A Place in the World
  • Author(s): Amy Maroney
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees, Amsterdam, Aragon, Paris, Switzerland, The Basque Country
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Sixteenth century and modern day (dual timeline)

The secrets of the past are treacherous…and irresistible. A Renaissance-era female artist and an American scholar. Linked by a centuries-old mystery… 1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the...

A Prison In The Sun

A Prison In The Sun
  • Author(s): Isobel Blackthorn
  • Location(s): Fuerteventura
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to – and should he hand it in… or...

A Shark in the Bath and Other Stories

A Shark in the Bath and Other Stories
  • Author(s): John Reid Young
  • Location(s): The Canary Islands (Las Islas Canarias)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 20th century

What would you do if you found a shark in a hotel bath? The hotel manager was horrified. Well, he would be, wouldn’t he? There’s a shark in a guest’s bath. How did it get there? Hotel sharks aren’t...

A Shortcut to Paradise

A Shortcut to Paradise
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A writer is murdered at the Ritz on the night she wins an important literary prize, battered to death with the trophy she has just won. A satire of the Catalan literary scene dressed up as a hilarious murder...

A Spanish Seduction

A Spanish Seduction
  • Author(s): Alyssa J Montgomery
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A tender yet passionate romance, A Spanish Seduction is the story of Ricardo and Jessica – strong individuals who learn that love can help them face their pasts and ensure a stronger, happier future. Spanish heart-throb, Ricardo Garcia, is...

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