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The Cook of Castamar

The Cook of Castamar
  • Author(s): Fernando J Muñez, Rahul Bery (translator), Tim Gutteridge (Translator)
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 18th Century

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES SHE IS the daughter of a disgraced physician, forced to work in the kitchen of a great eighteenth-century Spanish house, hiding her intense agoraphobia from everyone. HE IS the Duke of Castamar, one of...

The Devil’s Horn

The Devil’s Horn
  • Author(s): Anna Nicholas
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eccentric, headstrong and engaging, Isabel Flores Montserrat is a cross between a highly charged Precious Ramotswe (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) & Phyrne Fisher (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries). When 33-year-old Isabel Flores Montserrat quits a promising career with the Spanish...

The Dinner Guest

The Dinner Guest
  • Author(s): Gabriela Ybarra
  • Location(s): Bilbao
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE The story goes that in my family there’s an extra dinner guest at every meal. He’s invisible, but always there. He has a plate, glass, knife and fork. Every so often...

The Diver and The Lover

The Diver and The Lover
  • Author(s): Jeremy Vine
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Soaked in sunlight, love and the mysteries surrounding a famous artist The Diver and the Lover is a novel inspired by true events. It is 1951 and sisters Ginny and Meredith have travelled from England to Spain in search...

The Enigma Challenge

The Enigma Challenge
  • Author(s): S C Godfrey
  • Location(s): Paris, Scotland, Spain
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Zoe Wilder has the unflashy, solitary life of an academic, studying ciphers in literature at a California university. When her research takes her to a cryptology conference in Madrid, she’s not expecting to kick off the Enigma Challenge, a...

The Eye of the Falcon

The Eye of the Falcon
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Córdoba
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 10th century

A story of intrigue, betrayal and murder set in the royal court of 10th century Andalusia.When the caliph of al-Andalus, al-Hakim II, dies leaving an eleven-year-old boy as his heir, Queen Subh knows that her son is in danger—other...

The Eye of the Falcon (al-Andalus Series Book 2)

The Eye of the Falcon (al-Andalus Series Book 2)
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Córdoba
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 10th century

Captured by slavers and brought to Córdoba as a child, Subh has risen to become the most powerful woman in the realm. A woman of great intelligence, beauty and ambition, she does not intend to let her enemies win....

The Factory of Light

The Factory of Light
  • Author(s): Michael Jacobs
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

1999 the author finds a house in a small Andalucian village of Frailes. Exploring the co-existence of the modern world with the traditional, he takes up residence above the Discoteca, and gradually becomes bound up in the rhythm of...

The Faithless Wife

The Faithless Wife
  • Author(s): Jo Eames
  • Location(s): Menorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

The Faithless Wife is a gripping, beautiful and surprising story of loss and love set in the stunning landscape of Menorca. Jo Eames’ superb first novel explores the island’s intriguing past and how war, illness and misunderstandings come back...

The Fiesta Murders

The Fiesta Murders
  • Author(s): David E Burke
  • Location(s): Balearic Islands (Illes Balears)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern day

Someone is using Menorca’s annual Fiestas to commit a series of bizarre murders. While it is true that Menorcans delight in lampooning their least favourite public figures at these lively and colourful celebrations, they usually draw the line at...

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