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The Meaning of Night

The Meaning of Night
  • Author(s): Michael Cox
  • Location(s): England, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1850s

A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined...

The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man
  • Author(s): Julie Anderson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1946

Winter 1946 One cold dark night, as a devastated London shivers through the transition to post-war life, a young nurse goes missing from the South London Hospital for Women & Children. Her body is discovered hours later behind a...

The Midwife

The Midwife
  • Author(s): Victoria Jenkins
  • Location(s): London, Wiltshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1995 and Current

She’s there to keep your baby safe… Or is she? I’ve always wanted a baby, more than anything. I never meant to do it alone, but it’ll be a fresh start. I can finally leave the past behind me....

The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon

The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon
  • Author(s): Sarah Steele
  • Location(s): South London, France, Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present looking back to 1960s

Florence Connelly is broken hearted. Her marriage has collapsed under the weight of the loss she shares with her husband, and her beloved grandmother has just died. Even the joy she found in dressmaking is gone. But things change...

The Monte Carlo Connection

The Monte Carlo Connection
  • Author(s): Josie Goodbody
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1950s / Contemporary

Diamond detective, Jemima Fox is tasked with hunting down the priceless Vogel Vanderpless diamonds that were stolen in The Diamond Connection by her nemesis Petrina Lindberg. She finds herself caught between searching for half-a-century-year-old stolen jewels and catching a...

The Mulberry Empire

The Mulberry Empire
  • Author(s): Philip Hensher
  • Location(s): Kabul, Kolkata (Calcutta), London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

The novel begins in Kabul with the arrival of Burnes, an ambitious young Scot, eager to open up the country to the English. News of his arrival soon reaches the Amir, for whom “the arrival of the new European...

The Mulberry Tree

The Mulberry Tree
  • Author(s): George Mournehis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Marcus Lamb is puzzled by his grandfather’s decision to bequeath him his beloved North London allotment: his grandfather knew that he had no interest in gardening. Marcus wants nothing more than to indulge in drink, drugs and women. But...

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)
  • Author(s): Alice Castle
  • Location(s): Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a quiet little village, mourners gather for a church funeral. But some of the tears flowing are fake – and Beth Haldane suspects foul play… On a rainy afternoon, Beth Haldane accompanies her elderly mother Wendy to the...

The Murder Bag

The Murder Bag
  • Author(s): Tony Parsons
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime

Twenty years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter’s Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe has recently arrived in the Homicide division of London’s West End...

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1)

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1)
  • Author(s): Maureen Johnson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Thrilling ghost-hunting teen mystery as modern-day London is plagued by a sudden outbreak of brutal murders that mimic the horrific crimes of Jack the Ripper. “A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller. The streets of London have never been so...

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