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The Longest Holiday

The Longest Holiday
  • Author(s): Paige Toon
  • Location(s): Key West
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Don’t wait for the storm to pass: learn to dance in the rain…’ Laura has been married to the man of her dreams for seven months. But a week before the wedding, Matthew made a terrible mistake. Escaping the...

The Look of Love

The Look of Love
  • Author(s): Sarah Jio
  • Location(s): Seattle
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Moern

Jane is single, born on Christmas day, and she has inherited a flower shop in Pike Place, Seattle. As she is gearing up for the holidays she gets a card with a message saying that she has a special...

The Lost Art of Gratitude

The Lost Art of Gratitude
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people’s problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with...

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter
  • Author(s): Lucretia Grindle
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Seventeen year-old Kristen Carson is an American student studying in Florence. Her Father arrives and finds her missing, however the police are not overly concerned. Allessandro Pallioti and Enzo Saenz are the detective duo who investigate sightings that she...

The Lost German Slave Girl

The Lost German Slave Girl
  • Author(s): John Bailey
  • Location(s): New Orleans
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1840s

It is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, Sally...

The Lost Girls of Rome

The Lost Girls of Rome
  • Author(s): Donato Carrisi
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes the ancient streets, two men, Clemente and Marcus, sit in a café near the Piazza Navona and pore over the details of the case. They are members of...

The Lost Heart of Asia

The Lost Heart of Asia
  • Author(s): Colin Thubron
  • Location(s): Central Asia
  • Genre(s): Travelogue

Primarily about Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, but encompasses all the other “Stans” – Thubron’s usual high standard

The Lost Man

The Lost Man
  • Author(s): Jane Harper
  • Location(s): The Outback
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Current

Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart. They are at the...

The Lost Symbol

The Lost Symbol
  • Author(s): Dan Brown
  • Location(s): Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world...

The Lost Wife

The Lost Wife
  • Author(s): Alyson Richman
  • Location(s): Prague
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): World War 2 onwards

During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry – but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. In America...

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