- Location(s): England, Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
Sequel to the outstanding historical novel Earthly Joys, and written by the bestselling Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin’s Lover. John Tradescant the Younger has inherited his father’s unique collection of plants along...
- Location(s): Suffolk
- Genre(s): Gothic, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1938 and 1997
A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Kate Morton and Kate Mosse. 1938: Lady Vita Goldsborough lives in the menacing shadow of her controlling older brother, Aubrey. But when she meets local artist Dodie Blakeney, the two women...
- Location(s): Florence
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
When Marshal Guarnaccia is called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman he is convinced that there’s more to the family than meets the eye, and wonders if the girl’s father, Paoletti, might have had something to...
Vitellius’ Feast (#4 – Four Emperors Series)
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): AD 69
AD 69. As this most dramatic year draws to a close, now is the time to choose a definitive side. Whilst Vitellius enjoys the trappings of power around him, machinations are afoot. In the East, Vespasian has his eye...
Viviens’ Heavenly Ice Cream Shop
- Location(s): Brighton
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
When Imogen and Anna unexpectedly inherit their grandmother Vivien’s ice cream parlour, it turns both their lives upside-down. The Brighton shop is a seafront institution, but while it’s big on charm it’s critically low on customers. If the sisters...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri’s savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series featuring Inspector Montalbano
- Location(s): Costa Brava
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1950s
“Voices of the Old Sea” is Lewis’ masterly description of the Costa Brava on the cusp of tourist development in the 1950s, a place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the...
- Location(s): Africa, Ethiopia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Chris Johnston, a 22 year old university student from Belfast, signs away another summer to lead a team of young volunteers as they travel to Ethiopia to build houses for charity. After an argument with the other leaders, Chris...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Early 2000s
It was the late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warning him that life comes to an end after 40 that prompted Peter Moore to chase a boyhood dream. To go to Italy and seek out its celebrated dolce vita...
- Location(s): Bangkok, World
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact-more or less-despite the fact that his job shoves him face-to-face with...
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