- Location(s): Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1950s
It is a beautifully told story of three eccentric characters and a camel travelling to Turkey to start a High Anglican mission. Usually I find this kind of thing very irritating, but Macaulay writes entirely without condescension or coyness.
- Location(s): Greenland, Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): Contemporary
It’s been eighteen months since the Enceladons escaped the clutches of an American military determined to exterminate the peaceful alien creatures. Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Montalbano opened the door to step out. But Gallo held him back, putting one hand on his arm. ‘What’s in there, Chief?’ ‘If it’s what I think, it’s something so horrific that it’ll haunt your dreams for the rest...
- Location(s): Bath, London
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
A husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home. Badly dehydrated, they’ve been bound and beaten. He is close to death. But worse is to come: their young son is missing. When Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is...
- Location(s): Europe, London, Moscow
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Perfect for fans of John le Carré – the most explosive secret of the Cold War could be exposed: but the bigger the lie, the more ruthlessly it will be protected… Hard-up Russia expert Dr Sam Gaddis finally has...
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
- Location(s): The Midlands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1976
England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets,...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
- Era(s): Late 19 Century onwards
Inspired by the diaries of a forgotten Victorian adventurer called Sir George Scott, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrew Marshall set out to discover the real Burma – an impoverished nation ruled by a repressive regime. Scott was a die-hard imperialist...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
In 1943, Contessa Sofia de’ Corsi’s peaceful Tuscan villa among the olive groves is upturned by the sudden arrival of German soldiers. Desperate to fight back, she agrees to shelter a wounded British radio engineer in her home, keeping...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Food and Drink, Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
In a green and secret valley in Tuscany, life is firmly moulded by the past. In this beautiful account of traditional life and cooking, Elizabeth Romer introduces the Cerotti family who farm one section of the valley and vividly...
- Location(s): Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Novella
Hannah’s in a bit of a pickle. In twelve days she flies from Hong Kong to the US with Sam, where he’s finally going to meet her parents… and ask to marry her. Since overcoming a rather rocky patch...
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