- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Manhattan, The Hamptons
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The stunning new domestic thriller from the New York Times-bestselling, Edgar-nominated author of The Ex When Angela met Jason Powell, while catering a function in the Hamptons, she assumed their romance would be a fling. But, Jason, a brilliant...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. It’s about a jealous wife, obsessed with her replacement. It’s about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves. The first wife seems like a disaster; her...
- Location(s): Wales
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Turn of 12th Century
In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. He is Guyon, lord of Ledworth, heir to threatened lands, husband-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands –...
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern looking back
“The Wild Places” is both an intellectual and a physical journey, and Macfarlane travels in time as well as space. Guided by monks, questers, scientists, philosophers, poets and artists, both living and dead, he explores our changing ideas of...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Henry Farr is forty years old. He is suburban, average, conventional – and desperate to be rid of his wife, Elinor. Inspired by a grisly episode in Wimbledon’s local history, Farr begins to concoct a recipe for the perfect...
- Location(s): Delhi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Anil Kumar Jha has worked hard and is ready to live well. After thirty years in a modest flat, he and his family are moving to Gurgaon, one of Delhi’s richest areas. But his wife, Bindu, is heartbroken about...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th Century
When Vavara, a young Polish orphan, arrives at the glittering, dangerous court of the Empress Elizabeth in St Petersburg, she is schooled in skills ranging from lock-picking to love-making, learning above all else to stay silent – and listen....
- Location(s): Nubia, Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s onwards
Egypt, 1964. The great temple at Abu Simbel must be dismantled and resurrected high above the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. This daunting task is overseen by Avery, a young engineer who, at the same time, is carefully...
- Location(s): Galicia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half 20th century
Two sisters return to the small parish of Tierra de Chá in Galicia after a long absence, to the former home of their grandfather, from which they fled when they were just children. At Tierra de Chá, nothing and...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Wellness coach Saori Okada brings together 60 teachings, paired with stunning traditional artworks to match each concept, all rooted in Japan’s ancient heritage. Some of the most important mindsets in modern culture are derived from ancient Japan. In her...
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