- 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...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1910s
A city in flames. A revolution raging. A woman on the run. Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her mother, Militza, conjured Rasputin and introduced him into the Romanov court,...
- Location(s): East Anglia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1640s
East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved Cleftwater. Everyone in the village knows Martha, but no one has ever heard her speak. One bright morning,...
- Location(s): Valencia
- Era(s): Contemporary and 2025
While on vacation with her family in Valencia, Claire Halde witnesses a shocking event that becomes the catalyst for a protracted downward spiral and a profound personal unravelling as she struggles to come to grips with her role in...
- Location(s): Dubrovnik, Haiti, Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s looking back
When humanitarian lawyer Tom Harrington travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of a beautiful and seductive photojournalist, he is confronted with a dangerous landscape riddled with poverty, corruption, and voodoo. It’s the late 1990s, a time of brutal...
- Location(s): Laos
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Until the French government declassified documents concerning their ignominious defeat at Dien Bien Phu, Madam Daeng’s past had been a well-kept secret. Now Dr Siri’s wife is vulnerable and being stalked by a killer. But when Dr Siri whisks...
- Location(s): France, Spain
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Deira isn’t the kind of woman to steal a car. Or drive to France alone with no plan. But then, Deira didn’t expect to be single. Or to suddenly realise that the only way she can get the one...
- Location(s): Australia, New South Wales
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
Australia 1945. Until now Kate Dowd has led a sheltered life on her family’s sprawling sheep station but, with her father’s health in decline, the management of the farm is increasingly falling to her. Kate is rising to the...
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