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And the Dark Sacred Night

And the Dark Sacred Night
  • Author(s): Julia Glass
  • Location(s): Cape Cod, New Jersey, Vermont
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In this richly detailed novel about the quest for an unknown father, Julia Glass brings new characters together with familiar figures from her first two novels, immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from suburban New Jersey to rural...

Bloodstream

Bloodstream
  • Author(s): Tess Gerritsen
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In April came the rains. In August came the heat. In November came the horror. It’s paying a return visit. The small resort of Tranquillity, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent...

Boston Noir

Boston Noir
  • Author(s): Dennis Lehane
  • Location(s): Boston
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

An anthology of stories under the editorship of Dennis Lehane, set in Boston. Some noir, some mystery ….lots of locations are mentioned….

Brighton

Brighton
  • Author(s): Michael Harvey
  • Location(s): Boston
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century/Early 20th

Brighton, suburb of Boston, 1975: a Boston neighbourhood where racial tensions run high and gangs jostle for dominance in the trades that matter – drugrunning, book-keeping and theft. Fifteen-year-old Kevin Pearce knows his best hope is to get the...

Cambridge

Cambridge
  • Author(s): Susanna Kaysen
  • Location(s): Athens, Cambridge (Massachusetts), Florence, London
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

So begins this novel-from-life by the best-selling author of Girl, Interrupted, an exploration of memory and nostalgia set in the 1950s among the academics and artists of Cambridge, Massachusetts. London, Florence, Athens: Susanna, the precocious narrator of Cambridge, would rather be home than...

Cape Cod Noir

Cape Cod Noir
  • Author(s): David L Ulin
  • Location(s): Cape Cod
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

An anthology of short stories under the editorship of David L Ulin. Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin has been holidaying in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, every summer since he was a boy. He knows the terrain inside...

Carrie

Carrie
  • Author(s): Stephen King
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror
  • Era(s): 20th Century

An exciting reissue of Stephen King’s debut novel about an outcast teenager with a frightening power which put him on the map and set him on his journey as a household name. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie...

Cloudland

Cloudland
  • Author(s): Joseph Olshan
  • Location(s): Vermont
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

While out walking during an early spring thaw, Catherine Winslow discovers the body of a woman leaning against an apple tree. From the corpse’s pink parka, Winslow recognizes her as the latest victim of a serial killer, a woman...

Damage

Damage
  • Author(s): Caitlin Wahrer
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sometimes, the true story is the hardest to believe. TONY has always looked out for his younger brother, Nick. So when Nick is badly hurt and it looks like he was the victim of sexual assault, Tony’s anger flares....

Double Black

Double Black
  • Author(s): Wendy Clinch
  • Location(s): Vermont
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In DOUBLE BLACK, Boston’s twenty-something Stacey Curtis ditches her cheating fiancé and heads for a Vermont ski town. She’s looking for the life she’s always dreamed about, but she stumbles instead into financial intrigue, bitter family warfare, and murder....

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