- Location(s): Harare
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Vimbai is the star hairdresser of her salon, the smartest in Harare, Zimbabwe, until the enigmatic Dumisani appears. Losing many of her best customers to this good-looking, smooth-talking young man, Vimbai fears for her job, vital if she’s to...
- Location(s): New York State
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
There are two sides to every story – and every marriage in crisis . . . Malcolm, bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar, and when his boss finally retires, he seizes his chance....
- Location(s): Granada
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1564
Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose… 1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of...
- Location(s): Montevideo
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
The attempted robbery of the armoured car in the back streets of Montevideo is a miserable failure. A lucky break for the intrepid Ursula Lopez who manages to snatch all the loot, more hindered than helped by her faint-hearted...
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern and 19th Century
“I feel terrible. Although he doesn’t say it, I know he had been hoping the whole time that I would explain it all somehow: but I can’t explain it, because I don’t understand anything.” These disturbing words, almost a...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Era(s): 1930s/1940s
Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory is the story of four people: Johnny, an infamous Chinaman...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1890
Set in the New Mexico Territories, Mississippi, Chicago WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS. 1890. The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity. Everyone wears a six-gun...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2012
Jay Gladstone was born to privilege. He is a civic leader and a generous philanthropist, as well as the owner of an NBA team. But in today’s New York, even a wealthy man’s life can spin out of control,...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
Set in different cities around the world including Singapore, New York and London, Elaine Chiew’s award-winning stories travel into the heart of Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves. In the...
- Location(s): Westminster
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
MURDER COMES TO LONDON’S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: AND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT. The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, a billionaire’s playground offering sumptuous suites for the global...
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