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In the Time of Foxes

In the Time of Foxes
  • Author(s): Jo Lennan
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

‘A fox could be a shape-shifter, a spirit being. It could appear in human form if this suited its purposes; it could come and go as it pleased, play tricks, lead men astray.’ In Hackney, gigging filmmaker Nina has...

In Times of Fading Light

In Times of Fading Light
  • Author(s): Eugen Ruge
  • Location(s): Eastern Europe, Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

In Times of Fading Light begins in 2001 as Alexander Umnitzer, who has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer, leaves behind his ailing father to fly to Mexico, where his grandparents lived as exiles in the 1940s. The novel...

Inborn

Inborn
  • Author(s): Thomas Enger, Kari Dickson (Translator)
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What turns a boy into a killer? When the high school in the small Norwegian village of Fredheim becomes a murder scene, the finger is soon pointed at seventeen-year-old Even. As the investigation closes in, social media is ablaze with...

Incitement

Incitement
  • Author(s): David Graham
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A brutal conflict unleashed. Who stands to win? A bloody massacre at a Mexican heroin refinery; a Miami-bound freight ship hijacked for its cargo of illegal narcotics; the ruthless assassination of a Kosovar drug lord – a war has...

Indefensible

Indefensible
  • Author(s): James Woolf
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

A lawyer crosses a dangerous line with a former client and discovers that some decisions are indefensible… Daniel, a criminal barrister, is working all hours on a sensational trial, defending a client he believes is wrongfully accused of a...

India Becoming

India Becoming
  • Author(s): Akash Kapur
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1990s onwards

The book is divided into two parts. The first focuses on all the positives, the expanding middle classes, the proliferation of women in the workplace, the new businesses and construction and culture. The second is about the destruction and...

India Rising

India Rising
  • Author(s): Oliver Balch
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction

India is on the up. Historically derided as the lumbering elephant of Asia, this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire...

Indian Country Noir

Indian Country Noir
  • Author(s): Sarah Cortez and Liz Martinez
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent. This sharp, stylised, and ambitious anthology of Native American literature sees authors of Indian heritage or blood join non-Indian...

Indigo’s Dragon

Indigo’s Dragon
  • Author(s): Sofi Croft
  • Location(s): Poland, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult

Indigo lives in the Lake District, and spends his time exploring the mountains he loves. An unexpected parcel arrives containing a first aid kit inside his grandfather’s satchel. Indigo’s curiosity is raised as he looks through his grandfather’s notebook...

Indiscretion

Indiscretion
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 1950s

Secrets, danger and passion under the scorching Spanish sun from the Award-winning author of The Echoes of Love. Set in the wild landscape of Andalucia, Indiscretion is a compelling story of love and identity, danger and desire, and the...

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