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The Midnight Rose

The Midnight Rose
  • Author(s): Lucinda Riley
  • Location(s): England, India
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s onwards

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day . ....

The Moor

The Moor
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The circus is in town…   When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet. The circus...

The Museum of You

The Museum of You
  • Author(s): Carys Bray
  • Location(s): Southport
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she’s not sure. She’d like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else’s story is difficult. She...

The Mystery Of Haverford House

The Mystery Of Haverford House
  • Author(s): Rachel Burton
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Late 1920s - Mid 1930s and 2003

A captivating and moving tale of love, the true meaning of home, and the haunting secrets that can bind generations. 1933. Annie Bishop is sixteen years old when she first climbs the steps of Haverford House ready to take...

The New Mrs Clifton

The New Mrs Clifton
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
  • Location(s): Clapham, Berlin, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Post World War Two

As the Second World War draws to a close, Gus Clifton, having been working with the interrogation teams in Germany and out of touch with his family, surprises his sisters at their home. But an even greater shock is...

The Night Visitor

The Night Visitor
  • Author(s): Lucy Atkins
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), London, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch of...

The Nowhere Man

The Nowhere Man
  • Author(s): Kamala Markandaya
  • Location(s): South London, India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

A story of racial violence on the streets of south east London in the 1960s. First published in 1972, the book still has contemporary resonance. Features an extensive new introduction from Paris Review columnist Emma Garman. Srinivas, an elderly...

The Orphan’s Secret

The Orphan’s Secret
  • Author(s): Shirley Dickson
  • Location(s): South Shields, The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940 1954

The tear-jerking wartime tale of an orphaned baby who needs a home, and the woman who risks everything to provide it. England, 1941: Life has always been cruel to Ethel. Raised in an orphanage by a merciless mistress, she never knew...

The Other Side of Paradise

The Other Side of Paradise
  • Author(s): Vanessa Beaumont
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s-1960s

LONDON 1921 – Jean Buckman, a young and innocent American heiress arrives in England to find a society decimated by war but resolutely clinging to the status quo. She marries Edward Warre an engaging but complex man and the...

The Parasol Flower

The Parasol Flower
  • Author(s): Karen Quevillon
  • Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya), Hampshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1896 and contemporary

Nancy Roach has fled her dissertation advisor for Paris, where her PhD research is proving fruitless. When her curiosity is piqued by an illustration of “The Parasol Flower” in a 19th century treatise, she is drawn into the life...

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