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The Lido

The Lido
  • Author(s): Libby Page
  • Location(s): Brixton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers… Rosemary has lived in Brixton all her life, but everything she knows is changing. Only the local lido, where she swims every day, remains a constant reminder of the...

The List of Suspicious Things

The List of Suspicious Things
  • Author(s): Jennie Godfrey
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Yorkshire, 1979 Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South. Because of the murders. Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn’t an...

The Locked Away Life

The Locked Away Life
  • Author(s): Drew Davies
  • Location(s): Northamptonshire, Great Yarmouth, The Trossachs
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

At the grand old age of eighty-two, Esther Saul has just one regret in life. Since her heart got blown to smithereens decades ago, Esther has never been the same. She has barricaded herself in a vine-covered manor house,...

The London Restoration

The London Restoration
  • Author(s): Rachel McMillan
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Around WW2

From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II London and features a strong female lead. Determined to save their marriage and the city they love, two people divided by World...

The Lonely Londoners

The Lonely Londoners
  • Author(s): Sam Selvon
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Atmospheric London of the 50s when Trinidadians started to come to England – from the sunny homeland to the grey pavements of England. This is the story of lives and experiences, in a Creole voice.

The Lost Garden

The Lost Garden
  • Author(s): Helen Humphreys
  • Location(s): Devon, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

It’s Spring 1941 and London is being destroyed by the Blitz. Gwen Davis, a young horticulturist, leaves the city for the Devon countryside. In charge of a troop of Land Girls, her job is to rebuild the grounds of...

The Low Road

The Low Road
  • Author(s): Katharine Quarmby
  • Location(s): London, New South Wales, Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1800-1830

Norfolk, 1813. In the quiet Waveney Valley, the body of a woman – Mary Tyrell – is staked through the heart after her death by suicide. She had been under arrest for the suspected murder of her newborn child....

The Maidens

The Maidens
  • Author(s): Alex Michaelides
  • Location(s): Cambridge
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

St Christopher’s College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most. For Mariana Andros – a group therapist struggling through her private grief – it’s where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it’s the tragic scene of...

The Making Of Mrs Petrakis

The Making Of Mrs Petrakis
  • Author(s): Mary Karras
  • Location(s): Cyprus, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960 - 1990

Cyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s… the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island’s inhabitants make the best...

The Man on the Street

The Man on the Street
  • Author(s): Trevor Wood
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It started with a splash. Jimmy, a homeless veteran grappling with PTSD, did his best to pretend he hadn’t heard it – the sound of something heavy falling into the Tyne at the height of an argument between two...

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