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The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles 1)

The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles 1)
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Jane Howard
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home . . . For two unforgettable summers they gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of the Second World War. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were...

The Lighterman

The Lighterman
  • Author(s): Simon Michael
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

Psychopathic gangster Ronnie Kray has a “List” of persons who have “taken liberties” and who are to be disposed of, and now East End barrister Charles Holborne finds his name at the top of the list. He can’t spend...

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse
  • Author(s): P D James
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island is violated when one of its distinguished visitors is murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve...

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Hazel Gaynor
  • Location(s): Northumberland, Rhode Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1838/1938

1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves. But her actions set in motion...

The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980s

This is a story of two young people who fall in love – and then life gets in the way. Ursula is part dreamer, part radical in the making. Raised in a matriarchal household by a CND-loving activist, she...

The Line of Beauty

The Line of Beauty
  • Author(s): Alan Hollinghurst
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

CHELSEA. Nick Guest has just graduated from Oxford and starts rooming at his friend’s parents house. Gerald Fedden M.P, is the head of the household and mixes in the higher echelons of society. Nick is very taken with the...

The Lion Conspiracy

The Lion Conspiracy
  • Author(s): Peter Hain
  • Location(s): Africa, England
  • Genre(s): Political, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

#3 The Conspiracy Series Peter Hain’s latest thriller is grounded in real-life experience, and endorsed by global conservationists. From South Africa to Zanzibar, from Kenya to Britain, activists are battling to save lion prides, today more threatened by extinction...

The Little Book of Carla Connor: A decade in the life of a soap queen: An unofficial Coronation Street companion book

The Little Book of Carla Connor: A decade in the life of a soap queen: An unofficial Coronation Street companion book
  • Author(s): Glenda Young
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

Carla Connor is one of the most iconic, contemporary female characters in Coronation Street. The Coronation Street Blog fan site calls her “Elsie Tanner for the Twitter generation.” Carla’s story spans one of the most thrilling decades in soap....

The London Eye Mystery

The London Eye Mystery
  • Author(s): Siobhan Dowd
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern Day

A story about family, self-belief and bravery, The London Eye Mystery is a brilliantly inventive crime-caper perfect for fans of Enola Holmes, High-Rise Mystery and A Kind of Spark. 11.32 a.m. Ted and his sister Kat watch their cousin...

The Long Road from Kandahar

The Long Road from Kandahar
  • Author(s): Sara MacDonald
  • Location(s): Lashkar Gah, Cornwall, Swat Valley
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The hand of friendship can span a thousand miles… Pakistan Among the almond orchards of the Swat Valley, Zamir tends goats with his son, Raza. He must make a heartbreaking decision if he is to protect his youngest child...

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