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Sourdough

Sourdough
  • Author(s): Robin Sloan
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from...

IQ

IQ
  • Author(s): Joe Ide
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, the elderly are being mugged, children go missing. But word has spread: if you’ve got a case the police can’t – or...

My Absolute Darling

My Absolute Darling
  • Author(s): Gabriel Tallent
  • Location(s): Mendocino
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But...

Safe

Safe
  • Author(s): Ryan Gattis
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2008

Set in LA against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash, this is the story of Rudy Reyes (a.k.a. Glasses), a gangster-turned-double-agent who wants out of the high-stakes high-risk criminal life, and Ricky Mendoza, Junior (a.k.a. Ghost), a DEA...

Fly Me

Fly Me
  • Author(s): Daniel Riley
  • Location(s): Los Angeles, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1972

The year is 1972, and the Los Angeles beaches are the center of the world. Literally dropping into the embers of the drug and surfer scene is Suzy Larsen, who has dropped out of college and followed her mysterious...

Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection: Box Set Books 1-3 (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery)

Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection: Box Set Books 1-3 (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery)
  • Author(s): Barbara Venkataraman
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Florida
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

Books 1-3 of the Jamie Quinn Mystery Series! Including: “Death by Didgeridoo”-Winner of the Indie Book of the Day award. Reluctant lawyer, Jamie Quinn, still reeling from the death of her mother, is pulled into a game of deception,...

Engaged in Danger: A Jamie Quinn Mystery (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery Book 4) (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mysteries) (Volume 4)

Engaged in Danger: A Jamie Quinn Mystery (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery Book 4) (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mysteries) (Volume 4)
  • Author(s): Barbara Venkataraman
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Florida
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

Finally, life is good for reluctant family law attorney, Jamie Quinn–her father may get his visa soon, her boyfriend is the bomb, and her law practice is growing like crazy–but when she agrees to take on a high-profile divorce...

The Stylist

The Stylist
  • Author(s): Rosie Nixon
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Amber Green loves her job at Smith’s, the exclusive London boutique frequented by the rich, the famous and the stylish – and with stylist to the stars Mona Armstrong as a customer, there is never a dull moment. With...

Stolen Secrets

Stolen Secrets
  • Author(s): L B Schulman
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary with historical flashback

After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, Livvy’s...

Take A Look At Me Now

Take A Look At Me Now
  • Author(s): Miranda Dickinson
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Present

What a difference a day makes… Nell Sullivan has always been known as ‘Miss Five-Year Plan’. But when she finds herself jobless and newly single on the same day, Nell decides it is time to stop planning and start...

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