- Location(s): Cornwall, St Ives
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back 40 years
Each summer a group of families holiday together in St. Ives, Cornwall, but in 1972 their lives are shattered and they never meet up again. In a lane in the village of Zennor a hotel porter is found fatally...
- Location(s): Middleham, Oxfordshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
An old friend in need, a dangerous conspiracy – a new case for Sid Halley… Sid Halley, former British jump racing champion and private detective, is not having a good time. His wife Marina has decided she needs some...
- Location(s): Washington DC
- Genre(s): Fiction, RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
A dark comedy about putting yourself in unexpected places, reaching for your dreams, and believing in second chances. Thirtysomething Page was content with her life in New York City—until it went to the dogs. Unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend...
- Location(s): Netherlands
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2002-2004
Harbour Ways is the sequel to Watery Ways, Valerie Poore’s first memoir about living on a barge in Rotterdam’s Oude Haven in the Netherlands. This second book tells of the first two years that she owned her own barge,...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Mid 20th Centu
First published by HarperCollinsUS in 1964, this classic children’s novel has sold over 4 million copies and was awarded the New York Times Outstanding Book Award. Sixth-grader Harriet attends school on the New York’s Upper East Side along with...
- Location(s): Miami
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Harry Lipkin is a tough-talking, soft-chewing, rough-around-the-edges, slow-around-the-corners private investigator who carries a .38 along with a spare set of dentures. Harry specializes in the sort of cases that cops can’t be bothered with, but knows where to find...
- Location(s): Havana
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1950s
A pacy thriller in 1950s Havana, drawing the reader into the complexities of Cuban life, and economic and political mele.
- Location(s): Havana
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Former Inspector for the Moscow Militsiya, Arkady Renko, is summoned to Cuba to identify a liquefying corpse, dragged from the oily waters of Havana Bay. Renko finds himself in a decaying country, the final recess of Communism – a...
- Location(s): Havana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2003
This author is known as Leonardo Padura Fuentes in Cuba. The story starts Havana, the year 2003 – 14 years since Mario Conde retired from the police force and much has changed in Cuba. Now an antique book trader,...
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century looking back
Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land...










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