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The Messenger

The Messenger
  • Author(s): Megan Davis
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Wealthy and privileged, Alex has an easy path to success in the Parisian elite his father mingles with. But the two have never seen eye to eye. Desperate to escape the increasingly suffocating atmosphere of their apartment, Alex seeks...

The Middle Passage

The Middle Passage
  • Author(s): V S Naipaul
  • Location(s): Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Suriname
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1960s

In 1960, Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he created a deft and remarkably prescient...

The Midnight Feast

The Midnight Feast
  • Author(s): Lucy Foley
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among...

The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man
  • Author(s): Julie Anderson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1946

Winter 1946 One cold dark night, as a devastated London shivers through the transition to post-war life, a young nurse goes missing from the South London Hospital for Women & Children. Her body is discovered hours later behind a...

The Midwife

The Midwife
  • Author(s): Victoria Jenkins
  • Location(s): London, Wiltshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1995 and Current

She’s there to keep your baby safe… Or is she? I’ve always wanted a baby, more than anything. I never meant to do it alone, but it’ll be a fresh start. I can finally leave the past behind me....

The Milagro Beanfield War

The Milagro Beanfield War
  • Author(s): John Nichols
  • Location(s): New Mexico
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

In Milagro, the peace-loving farming community finds itself by the townies who draw up rules and regulations, squeezing them off their ancestral lands. Quirky, stalwart and beautifully drawn characters gradually thwart the plans.

The Mill River Redemption: A Novel

The Mill River Redemption: A Novel
  • Author(s): Darcie Chan
  • Location(s): Vermont
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Sequel to the Mill River Recluse New York Times bestselling author Darcie Chan returns to the enchanting town of Mill River in a heartwarming novel of family, self-discovery, and forgiveness. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy. Josie DiSanti is...

The Milliner’s Secret

The Milliner’s Secret
  • Author(s): Natalie Meg Evans
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): WW2

June 1940. As Paris, the City of Light, approaches its darkest hour, a young woman treads the line between survival and collaboration. Londoner Cora Masson has reinvented herself as Coralie de Lirac, using a false claim to aristocratic birth...

The Mind’s Eye

The Mind’s Eye
  • Author(s): Håkan Nesser (Hakan Nesser)
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

First in the series. Janek Mitter stumbles into his bathroom one morning after a night of heavy drinking, to find his beautiful young wife, Eva, floating dead in the bath. She has been brutally murdered. Yet even during his...

The Misremembered Man

The Misremembered Man
  • Author(s): Christina McKenna
  • Location(s): Northern Ireland

The Misremembered Man is a beautifully rendered portrait of life in rural Ireland which charms and delights with its authentic characters and gentle humor. This vivid portrayal of the universal search for love brings with it a darker tale,...

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