- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1700s
From the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a brilliant new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence. For fans of Sarah Waters. ‘This is the story of a woman and a city. I saw...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Botswana – An antidote to fast moving city life and throwaway society. It’s not long since life was less full and frenetic. And it wasn’t all bad. It provided fertile ground for the imagination. This author captures and conveys warmth...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
This is no. 6 in the Inspector Montalbano series and it might be worth reading them in order to get the full benefit. The owner and manager of a financial enterprise disappears, and thousands of people in the Vigatá...
- Location(s): Paris, Versailles
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 18th century
During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished but lovely teenage girls from all over France are sent to a discreet villa in the town of Versailles. Overseen by the King’s favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour, they will be trained...
The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
- Location(s): Dordogne
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary and 1942
France, 1942. At the end of the day, the schoolteacher releases her pupils. She checks they have their identity passes, and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied...
- Location(s): East Lothian, Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cal McGill is an Edinburgh-based oceanographer, environmentalist and one-of-a-kind investigator. Using his knowledge of the waves – ocean currents, prevailing winds, shipping records – McGill can track where objects have come from, or where they’ve gone. So when two...
- Location(s): Suffolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
he architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann’s death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives...
The Sea of Innocence (Simran Singh 3)
- Location(s): Goa
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret… Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy...
- Location(s): Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 11th Century
A haunting, compelling historical novel, “The Sea Road” is a daring re-telling of the 11th-century Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the viewpoint of one extraordinary woman. Gudrid lives at the remote edge of the known world, in...
- Location(s): Bali, California, Western Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Two sisters, one life-changing journey… There are some currents in the relationship between sisters that run so dark and so deep, it’s better for the people swimming on the surface never to know what’s beneath . . . Katie’s...
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