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When London was Capital of America

When London was Capital of America
  • Author(s): Julie Flavell
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. And in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to...

Where the Devil Can’t Go

Where the Devil Can’t Go
  • Author(s): Anya Lipska
  • Location(s): Gdansk, London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Late 2000s

A NAKED girl is washed up on London’s Thames foreshore, the only clue to her identity a heart-shaped tattoo encircling two names. The sixteenth dead body recovered from the river in 2009, she is dubbed db16 by police. But...

Whispers Underground

Whispers Underground
  • Author(s): Ben Aaronovitch
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Modern

This book follow on from Rivers of London and Moon over Soho. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. And its just as well – he’s already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a...

Wildest Dreams

Wildest Dreams
  • Author(s): Jennifer Blake
  • Location(s): Italy, London, Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Mid1800s and Modern

Two extraordinary women – 150 years apart – search Europe for a special perfume, and their own secret hearts for the thing that matters most…. The perfume is legendary, once worn by Cleopatra and Empress Josephine — and made...

Without a Trace

Without a Trace
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Heathrow Airport
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2014

A FATAL CRASH A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and...

You Die Next

You Die Next
  • Author(s): Stephanie Marland
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a group of urban explorers stumble across a murderer’s kill room in a derelict film studio, terror strikes. And when one of the group is found dead, the team realise – they’re being hunted. DI Dominic Bell is...

Shadows on the Nile

Shadows on the Nile
  • Author(s): Kate Furnivall
  • Location(s): Egypt, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s

It’s 1932 and 27-year-old Jessica is living London life to the full when her younger brother Tim, an ancient Egyptian archaeology expert, goes missing. Teaming up with Sir Montague Chamford – who can resist neither a damsel in distress...

The Other Child

The Other Child
  • Author(s): Charlotte Link
  • Location(s): London, Scarborough
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern, 1970s, WW2

In the northern seaside town of Scarborough, a student is found cruelly murdered. For months, the investigators are in the dark, until they are faced with a copy-cat crime. The investigation continues apace, yet they are still struggling to...

A Complicated Matter

A Complicated Matter
  • Author(s): Anne Youngson
  • Location(s): London, Gibraltar, Witney
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

I used to believe the world had been created for me; every stone and grain of sand. As I grew older, I began to think of myself as something tacked on to the edge. 1939, London: From McPhail’s Passage...

About a Boy

About a Boy
  • Author(s): Nick Hornby
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): 1990s

Set in London in the 90s, this is Hornby at full throttle. Will is in his mid 30s, comfortably well off and no children by choice. His discovery that he can meet women through single-parent groups allows him access...

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