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Bridget Jones’s Diary

Bridget Jones’s Diary
  • Author(s): Helen Fielding
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 2000s

An entertaining meander through the life of 30 something Bridget, every aspect is explored and laid bare. Comical, wry and very entertaing, this became a cultural icon in its own right.

Fallout

Fallout
  • Author(s): Sadie Jones
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

London 1972. Luke is dazzled by the city. It seems a world away from the provincial town he has fled along with his own troubled past, and his new life is unrecognisable – one of friendships forged in pubs,...

Life after Life

Life after Life
  • Author(s): Kate Atkinson
  • Location(s): Berlin, England, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1910 onwards

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and...

Survivor

Survivor
  • Author(s): Lesley Pearse
  • Location(s): London, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Somerset
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

It is 1938 and Mariette Carrera is a defiant, strong-willed and selfish eighteen-year-old. And sooner or later, if she stays in the small, gossipy town of Russell, New Zealand, she’ll get herself into some serious trouble. Her doting parents,...

The Art of Leaving

The Art of Leaving
  • Author(s): Anna Stothard
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Leaving comes naturally to Eva Elliott: she spent her childhood abandoning schools and cities. Now she enjoys the thrill of saying goodbye much more than the butterflies of a first smile or kiss. There s so much more potential...

The Diary of Murder

The Diary of  Murder
  • Author(s): Lee Jackson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): Late 1800s

Jacob Jones is a respectable clerk at the Crystal Palace Company, with a pretty young bride and a delightful new home in Islington. When his wife is murdered, everything points to his guilt, even a handwritten confession. But the...

The Lies You Told

The Lies You Told
  • Author(s): Harriet Tyce
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sadie has moved back to London so her daughter can attend the exclusive school her domineering father has secured her a place at. It’s highly sought-after and highly competitive – just like the other mothers, Sadie soon discovers. While...

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
  • Author(s): Eve Harris
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in Golders Green/Hendon. Chani is a 19 year old young woman, who lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, and is bound to marry a stranger....

The Perfect Lie

The Perfect Lie
  • Author(s): Emily Barr
  • Location(s): Falmouth, London, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A girl flees to Venice to escape her dangerous past in this electrifying novel of intrigue, psychological tension and suspense… For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination. A dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to...

The Various Flavours of Coffee

The Various Flavours of Coffee
  • Author(s): Anthony Capella
  • Location(s): Eritrea, Ethiopia, London, North Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s

It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee – and encounters Pinker’s free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada and Emily. As romance blossoms...

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