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In Harm’s Way

In Harm’s Way
  • Author(s): Owen Mullen
  • Location(s): Glasgow, Leadhills
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2018

If no one knows you’re in danger, no one can save you… The Baxter house in the Lowther Hills, in Scotland, has been up for sale for decades. It’s dilapidated and near-derelict, and nobody is interested in it. But...

In Just One Day

In Just One Day
  • Author(s): Helen McGinn
  • Location(s): Hampshire, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Flora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just eighteen months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod – no one could separate them. Now, as adults, they remain the best of friends. And as...

In Love and War

In Love and War
  • Author(s): Alex Preston
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Era(s): 1930s

A tale of love, heroism and resistance set against the stunning backdrop of 1930s Florence, In Love and War weaves fact and fiction to create a thrilling portrait of a man swept up in the chaos of war. Desperate...

In Lucia’s Eyes

In Lucia’s Eyes
  • Author(s): Arthur Japin
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1750s

Through courtesan Lucia we hear tell of her life. She describes her peasant frivolities, her loving parents, how she comes to be educated, what friendships and employers augment her growth, and we mature with her.

In My Lady’s Shadow

In My Lady’s Shadow
  • Author(s): Siobhan Daiko
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980s looking back to 1504

16th Century/Modern Venice: Grappling her own demons and the after-effects of a disaster, Fern battles to keep hold of her sanity as she’s snatched back in time and lives the life of Cecilia, a young woman at the court...

In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines

In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines
  • Author(s): Stanley Karnow
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 19th and 20th Centuries

Corazon Aquino’s dramatic emergence in the Philippines in 1986 captured the imagination of the world and focused attention on what was for decades America’s only major colonial possession. This book portrays America’s 19th- and 20th-century empire builders and examines...

In Place of Death

In Place of Death
  • Author(s): Craig Robertson
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A young man enters the culverted remains of an ancient Glasgow stream, looking for thrills. Deep below the city, it is decaying and claustrophobic and gets more so with every step. As the ceiling lowers to no more than...

In the Beginning was the Sea

In the Beginning was the Sea
  • Author(s): Tomás González (Tomas Gonzalez)
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Death in paradise: sea, sex and a sinister downward spiral on a Caribbean coast The young intellectuals J. and Elena abandon the parties, the drinking and the money of the city, and start a new life on a remote...

In the Café of Lost Youth

In the Café of Lost Youth
  • Author(s): Patrick Modiano
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Four narrators, a student from a café, a private detective hired by an aggrieved husband, the heroine herself and one of her lovers, construct a portrait of Jacqueline Delanque, otherwise known as Louki. The daughter of a single mother...

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies #6

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies #6
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of ‘traditional build’, is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman...

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