- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
Based on Mailer’s own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, ‘The Naked and the Dead’ is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was...
The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1)
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
Thrilling ghost-hunting teen mystery as modern-day London is plagued by a sudden outbreak of brutal murders that mimic the horrific crimes of Jack the Ripper. “A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller. The streets of London have never been so...
The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace
- Location(s): South Otago
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, LGBTQIA+, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Eleven-year-old Tippy’s uncle and his boyfriend turn up in her small New Zealand town to look after her when his mother is away over Christmas, but when her schoolteacher is found dead and her best friend has a near-fatal...
- Location(s): Cape Cod
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby – the artists Jo...
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Location(s): Australia, South East Asia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th Century
In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from...
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter
- Location(s): Glasgow
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
A twenty-nine-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings: a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A loner. Freelance....
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Four days into their honeymoon in Greece, Bernice and David Dando have yet to consummate their marriage and after having accepted his almost non-existent desire for sex throughout the relationship, Bernice finally discovers the reason; he is addicted to...
- Location(s): London, Oxfordshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
*A Radio 2 Book Club choice for Summer 2015* What would you do if you found out that your husband, your father, your son – was not who you thought? Could you ever love him again? Luke Livingstone is...
The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
Elizabeth Hardwick’s rasor sharp prose appeared in magazines like the New Yorker. Here are collected some of her essays, drafted in her unique hand, with the backdrop generally of New York City
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The New York Trilogy is an astonishing and original book: three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness. In each story...
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