- Location(s): London, Paris, Venice
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century to Early 20th Century
Why did John Stone die,having fallen from a window at his London home? This is a complex mystery, which starts in London in 1909 and gradually the search for the truth lies in going to Paris in 1890, and...
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The northern Scottish estuary burg of Stonemouth is run, gangster-style, by two families, one of which would rather Stewart Gilmour was not back on their patch. Just what the twenty-something lighting architect has done to earn the ire of...
- Location(s): Missouri
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father’s farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman....
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast
- Era(s): 1939
It’s 1939 and Lily and her American doctor husband James have come to the Amalfi coast in southern Italy in search of a new start. And how could they not be happy in a place where the scenery is...
- Location(s): Reykjavik
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Iceland Mysteries Book Thousands of runners One killer Icelandic detective-in-training Sigurdís is studying criminal psychology in the USA, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Garðar, has been put on...
- Location(s): Strandja Mountains
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In his mesmerising first novel, the internationally celebrated short-story writer Miroslav Penkov spins the intriguing tale of an American student who returns to Bulgaria, the country he left as a child. His mission is to track down his grandfather...
- Location(s): Perhentian Islands
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Bruised from the breakdown of her marriage, Esther Lomax needs to get away, and Malaysia’s unspoilt shores seem the perfect place. But a day’s boat trip takes a desperate turn when Esther and six other holidaymakers are taken to...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century, Modern
Essential reading for anyone fascinated by the history of the Crystal Palace – and for fans of mind-boggling Victorian railway history . . . It is the mid-19th century, and London is crying out for a cure to the...
- Location(s): China, United States (USA)
- Era(s): Modern
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure. Strange Stones is a far-ranging. thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage-a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling. shrewd cultural insight. and warm sense of humor that are the...
Street Fight in Naples (A City’s Unseen History)
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various, 17th century
Naples is always a shock, flaunting beauty and squalor like nowhere else. Naples is the only city in Europe whose ancient past still lives in its irrepressible people. Their ancestors came from all over the early Mediterranean to the...
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