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The Cove

The Cove
  • Author(s): Ron Rash
  • Location(s): Tennessee
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1910s

In their little cabin set in the shadow of a deep cove, Laurel Shelton and her brother Hank have built a home. The locals whisper about the cove being cursed and perhaps it is: good fortune rarely seems to...

The Cove

The Cove
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): The Lizard Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a dream job in publishing. Until, one day, everything changes. The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a...

The Covenant

The Covenant
  • Author(s): James A Michener
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Various, 1600s to 1980s

Adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hundreds of years, their rivalries and passions spill across the land. From the...

The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White
  • Author(s): Michael Faber
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Although it’s billed as “the first great 19th-century novel of the 21st century,” The Crimson Petal and the White is anything but Victorian. It’s the story of a well-read London prostitute named Sugar, who spends her free hours composing...

The Curse of Pietro Houdini

The Curse of Pietro Houdini
  • Author(s): Derek B Miller
  • Location(s): Lazio, Montecassino
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

We will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin our way to Napoli. We will trust no one but each other, and we will remember that in this place, at this time, there is no way to tell friend...

The Cutting Season

The Cutting Season
  • Author(s): Attica Locke
  • Location(s): Louisiana
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 19th Century and Modern

Just after dawn, Caren walks the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house in Louisiana that she has managed for the past four years. Today she sees nothing unusual, apart from some ground that has been dug up...

The da Vinci Code

The da Vinci Code
  • Author(s): Dan Brown
  • Location(s): England, Paris, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A murder in the silent after-hours halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of...

The Damage

The Damage
  • Author(s): Howard Linskey
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

There’s a thought that keeps me awake at night: I have to be lucky every time, they only have to get lucky once.’ David Blake is a worried man. He should be enjoying the high life now he’s Newcastle’s...

The Dark

The Dark
  • Author(s): Emma Haughton
  • Location(s): Antarctica
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the most inhospitable environment – cut off from the rest of the world – there’s a killer on the loose. A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she’s...

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel
  • Author(s): Dominique Sylvain
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

On the one hand, there’s Lola. A grumpy retired policewoman who cannot get by without her two best friends: red wine and jigsaw puzzles. On the other, there’s Ingrid, an American in love with Paris. By day she gives...

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