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- Location(s): United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): over many eras
For those who visit the UAE today, staying in air-conditioned hotels and shopping in ultra-modern malls, the country itself remains an enigma – a glass and concrete creation that seems to have sprung from the desert overnight. Keepers of...
- Location(s): Abu Dhabi, Dubai
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the United Arab Emirates, foreign nationals constitute over 80 percent of the population. Brought in to construct the towering monuments to wealth that punctuate the skylines of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, this labor force works without the rights...
- Location(s): Dubai
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Sand Fish,Maha Gargash’s second novel is set in mid-1990s Dubai and Cairo and tells the story of how secrets and betrayals consume three members—an authoritarian father, a rebellious abandoned daughter, and...
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
- Location(s): Cambridge, Dubai, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1938/1991/contemporary
Some women can’t be erased from history . . . A story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge. Paris, 1938: Runaway heiress Juliette Willoughby perishes, with her married lover, in an accidental studio fire alongside her Surrealist...
- Location(s): Dubai
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Thriller
- Era(s): Near Future
In Dubai there’s a new world of high-luxury resorts emerging for the super-rich – but at what price to everyone else? Lea, Roy and their 15 year-old daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy...
The Spice Temple – The Journey Begins
- Location(s): India, Dubai, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink
- Era(s): Contemporary
“The Spice Temple – The Journey Begins” is a unique work of literary or culinary fiction that allows readers to travel to destinations like the Swiss Alps, India and Dubai. It offers social themes and gives foodies the taste...
- Location(s): Dubai
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Everyone’s favourite Glaswegian girl is back! After having her heart well and truly broken, Zara Smith is more interested in fun than forever. But she’s starting to wonder if she’s slept with every (somewhat) eligible bachelor in Glasgow… and...