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Fundamentally

Fundamentally
  • Author(s): Nussaibah Younis
  • Location(s): Iraq
  • Genre(s): Fiction

‘By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?’ When academic Nadia is disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, she decides to make a getaway – accepting a UN job in Iraq....

Gabriel’s Gate

Gabriel’s Gate
  • Author(s): Tom Galvin
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2010

In 2010, when the recession took root in Ireland, the young people looked at the ground they were standing on and realised it was rotten. Rotten in so many ways, but especially in the ways made by man. So...

Gagamba: The Spider Man

Gagamba: The Spider Man
  • Author(s): F Sionil José
  • Location(s): Manila
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

The novel pinpoints many insights that illuminate the subtle interplay of people in Manila in the 1990’s. Simple and direct… the pages turn at the speed of light.

Gambling on Magic

Gambling on Magic
  • Author(s): Christopher G Moore
  • Location(s): Bangkok, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s and flashbacks to first half 20th Century

Gambling on Magic is set in Bangkok where life is more than good for Joey Balfour, ex-patriot gambling king, former TV personality, and the current owner of the mysterious and exotic Feng Shui Flower Shop in downtown Bangkok. Then...

Game for Five

Game for Five
  • Author(s): Marco Malvaldi
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

At the Bar Lume, in a small seaside town where everyone knows everyone else, barman Massimo and four old-timers pass the time, between hands of cards and shots of coffee, chatting, arguing and theorising about the murder of a...

Garden of Letters

Garden of Letters
  • Author(s): Alyson Richman
  • Location(s): Portofino, Verona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Largely set in World War II, Verona, both before and during the German Occupation.  Elodie Bertolotti is a very gifted young cellist who becomes involved in the Italian Resistance movement. She plays her cello but everything changes when her...

Gardens of Delight

Gardens of Delight
  • Author(s): Erica James
  • Location(s): Lake Como
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A gorgeous, heart-warming tale set among the gardens of Italy from bestselling author Erica James. The Gardens of Delight brochure promises the opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the Lake Como area of Italy. For...

Gazala: A Hopeful Tale From a War-Torn World

Gazala: A Hopeful Tale From a War-Torn World
  • Author(s): Suman Siwach
  • Location(s): Kosovo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Post-War Kosovo

In the post-war scenario of Kosovo, the youngest nation of the world, Gazala couldn’t have ever imagined the things that happened to her. How outer twists in circumstances add to her inner turmoil, and never let her settle with...

Geneva

Geneva
  • Author(s): Richard Armitage
  • Location(s): Canton Vaud, Geneva
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Geneva is one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. And I’ve read quite a few.’ A. J. FINN Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alzheimer’s disease as her father:...

Getaway

Getaway
  • Author(s): Lisa Brackmann
  • Location(s): Puerto Vallarta
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Michelle Mason tells herself she’s on vacation. A brief stay in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta. It’s a chance to figure out her next move after the unexpected death of her banker husband, who’s left behind a...

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