- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down and out in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighur-a member of a Chinese Muslim minority-at the home of her sort-of boyfriend Lao Zhang turns her life upside down. Lao...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1900s
A mesmerizing tale of art and passion in Belle Epoque France As a woman, aspiring sculptor Camille Claudel has plenty of critics, especially her ultra-traditional mother.But when Auguste Rodin makes Camille his apprentice and his muse their passion inspires...
- Location(s): The Lake District
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1720-1930
Rogue Herries tells the story of the larger than life Francis Herries who uproots his family from Yorkshire and brings them to live in Borrowdale where their life is as dramatic as the landscape surrounding them. Proud, violent and...
- Location(s): New Orleans
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Martin Bonehouse sits in his hotel room in New Orleans writing a book about the city. This book will be a welcome departure from his shocking fiction debut, the far-reaching consequences of which have had a hand in his...
- Location(s): Melbourne
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Real cops don’t wear lycra. At least that’s what Major Crime cop Tony Laver thought, until he became the sixth Victorian policeman to shoot a suspect in four months and was given a punishing reassignment. Now he’s looking at...
Romancing the Dark in the City of Light
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern Times
A troubled teen, living in Paris, is torn between two boys, one of whom encourages her to embrace life, while the other—dark, dangerous, and attractive—urges her to embrace her fatal flaws. Haunting and beautifully written, with a sharp and...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): BC to 1950s
In his early 20s Hughes first came to Rome in the late 50s. He takes us back from that point, two thousand years into the heyday of the Roma at the heart of the Roman Empire. Moving through from...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Romance, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
Can a holiday romance ever have a happy ending? Escape with Kate to the sun-drenched city of Rome where a love affair is just about to begin … When Kate’s husband Matt dumps her on Friday 13th she decides enough is enough –...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Kate stretches her legs and turns on the TV while James washes away the traces of their morning. She watches in horror at the unfolding news: the hotel they are staying in has been taken under siege. She should...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Roppongi is an ‘adventure-travel-fiction’ story, exploring the crazy and often dangerous world which is living and working as a foreigner in the Roppongi nightlife industry of Tokyo, Japan. The novel follows the (mis)adventures of its travel-addicted protagonist Zack, and...
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