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Gladio: We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny

Gladio: We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny
  • Author(s): Steve Chambers
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Ireland, Italy, Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

State sponsored murder, international covert surveillance and counter-terrorism. Ambitious young TV journalist John Bradley discovers the biggest story of his career. Putting his life and people close to him in danger, he embarks on a perilous journey into the...

Glass Houses

Glass Houses
  • Author(s): Louise Penny
  • Location(s): Québec, Vermont
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One cold November day, a mysterious figure appears on the village green in Three Pines, causing unease, alarm and confusion among everyone who sees it. Chief Superintendent, Armand Gamache knows something is seriously wrong, but all he can do...

Glasshopper

Glasshopper
  • Author(s): Isabel Ashdown
  • Location(s): Brighton, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

From the suburban disorder of 1980s southern England, 13-year-old Jake watches his world unravel as his father and older brother leave the family home and his mother increasingly finds solace in drink. Even as Jake outwardly shrugs off doubts...

Go Went Gone

Go Went Gone
  • Author(s): Jenny Erpenbeck
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

One of the great contemporary European writers takes on Europe’s biggest issueRichard has spent his life as a university professor, immersed in the world of books and ideas, but now he is retired, his books remain in their packing...

Go with Me

Go with Me
  • Author(s): Castle Freeman
  • Location(s): Vermont
  • Genre(s): Humour, Thriller

Somewhere in backwoods Vermont, a young woman refuses to back down in the face of threats from a violent local villain. Her boyfriend has fled the state in fear, and local law enforcement can do nothing to protect her....

Goa Traffic

Goa Traffic
  • Author(s): Marissa de Luna
  • Location(s): Goa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Lisa Higgins is an average twentysomething looking for love in all the wrong places. To Lisa, a two-week holiday in India seems like just the ticket to coax her out of her comfort zone and help her find her...

God King of Angkor

God King of Angkor
  • Author(s): Gregory A Walden
  • Location(s): Angkor (Siem Reap)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1220 AD

Angkor. 1220AD. The most powerful empire in the history of Southeast Asia is at the height of its glory. In the distant province of Champa Angkor’s greatest general, Davendra, has crushed a rebellion. Ignoring his son’s advice, Davendra commits...

God Loves Haiti

God Loves Haiti
  • Author(s): Dimitry Elias Léger
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Mainly 2010

A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an...

God Sleeps in Rwanda

God Sleeps in Rwanda
  • Author(s): Joseph Sebarenzi
  • Location(s): Rwanda
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Modern

As a teenager, Joseph Sebarenzi fled Rwanda, escaping a campaign of genocide that saw 800,000 Tutsis murdered in just ninety days. He returned to Rwanda and was elected speaker of parliament. Following a plot to assassinate him, he fled...

Gods of Jade and Shadow

Gods of Jade and Shadow
  • Author(s): Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Location(s): Mexico City, Yucatan Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): 1920s

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather’s house to do more than dream of a life far from her small town in southern Mexico. Until the day...

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