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The White Woman on the Green Bicyle
- Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England George instantly takes to their new life, but Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill at ease with the racial segregation and the imminent dawning of a new era. Her...
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Modern
Nothing much happens in Sycamore, the small village where Clara lives – at least, that’s how it seems. She loves eating ripe mangoes fallen from trees, running outside in the rainy season and escaping to her secret hideout with...
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Good Scammer tells the story of Clive ‘Bangaz’ Thompson, an orphan born in west Jamaica raised with no love, education, or prospects of ever getting a decent job. He designs an ingenious business model that brings millions of dollars...
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830s
It is 1830, and Elspeth, the most eye-catching member of a family of Scottish actors, is invited to Barbados by the owner of a sugar plantation, Lord Coak. But soon after Elspeth arrives, a storm destroys both her acting...
- Location(s): Jamaica, Prague, Vienna
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 15th Century and modern
Tom Sagan is staring down the barrel of a gun – literally. He has lost everything he ever loved: his job, his wife, his daughter, his reputation. And – what hurts most – he knows the story which ruined...
- Location(s): Cairo, The Bahamas
- Genre(s): Suspense
- Era(s): 20th Century
At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities – about an international businessman at the hotel with...
- Location(s): Barbados, West Indies
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1600s onwards
In the early 1600s, the West Indies was a place of extraordinary danger and opportunity. Parer’s often gripping history charts the growth of this venal, violent society over 200 years, and the effect of the islands on British, European...
- Location(s): Barbados, Virginia
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia.
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830s
The story of planters and slaves. A vivid portrayal of Jamaican slave society, charting daily lives right up to Freedom and a denouement of shocking proportions.
- Location(s): Barbados, Caribbean, Cumbria
- Genre(s): Fiction
“A story about friendship and loss…is there hope for those of a certain age?” ‘The time to be happy is now…’ Jo remembers her late husband’s words but is struggling to face the lonely future that lies ahead. A...
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