- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 20th Century onwards
Ten walking tours let you be the star on the greatest movie set in the world. From Truffaut and Godard to Hanks and Hepburn, Paris has been a magnet for filmmakers and movie stars, whose careers don’t seem complete...
Paris Noir – The Secret History of a City
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1930s/1940s
Yonnet describes some of the darker areas of Paris, and takes you by the hand through the streets. Stunning.
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): End of 19th Century
Paris 1899. The city is a glittering hub of fin-desiecle activity. Theatres and galleries are vibrant with artistic energy. The new metro is under construction, and so is the site for the centennial Universal Exhibition. But there is also...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 1900s
Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Biography, Historical
- Era(s): Various
In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The focal point of generation upon generation of admirers and...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2011
Paris and environs – a Paris that you will not find in guidebooks.
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
- Location(s): Alpujarras, Andalusia (Andalucía), Granada
- Genre(s): Crime, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
The high Alpujarra mountains in Granada province, southern Spain. When human remains are found in a village reservoir, Inspector Moreno’s investigations uncover a dangerous world of gangsters, prostitutes and eccentric British expats. Solving crime is thirsty work, but Moreno...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A high concept thriller from the author of The Package, international number one bestseller Sebastian Fitzek. On average 23 people a year disappear from the world’s cruise ships. They are written off as accidents or suicides. But what...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 2020
Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn’t be surprised when an author’s manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime. Karen can’t...
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