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Will Do Magic for Small Change

Will Do Magic for Small Change
  • Author(s): Andrea Hairston
  • Location(s): Benin (Danhomè), Paris, Pittsburgh
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Late 19th century, Modern

Cinnamon Jones dreams of stepping on stage and acting her heart out like her famous grandparents, Redwood and Wildfire. But at 5’10’’ and 180 pounds, she’s theatrically challenged. Her family life is a tangle of mystery and deadly secrets,...

Winter Flowers

Winter Flowers
  • Author(s): Angelique Villeneuve, Adriana Hunter (Translator)
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

It’s October 1918 and the war is drawing to a close. Toussaint Caillet returns home to his wife, Jeanne, and the young daughter he hasn’t seen growing up. He is not coming back from the front line but from...

Winter Garden

Winter Garden
  • Author(s): Kristin Hannah
  • Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2001 looking back

The story opens in 2001, when sisters Nina, both in their 40s, are facing major life changes. Fact and fiction are interwoven into the story as they look back over their Father’s life in Russia

Winter Under Water

Winter Under Water
  • Author(s): James Hopkin
  • Location(s): Krakow
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When Joseph meets Marta, who has come to the UK to research the forgotten histories of remarkable women from across Europe, he is captivated, and Marta feels the same: when she returns to her previous life, their relationship continues...

Winter Work

Winter Work
  • Author(s): Dan Fesperman
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990

BERLIN, 1990. On a chilly early morning walk, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbour, fellow Stasi officer Lothar, lying dead with a bullet wound to the temple. Despite the appearance of suicide, Emil suspects murder, for as...

Winterlude

Winterlude
  • Author(s): A S A Harrison, Quentin Bates
  • Location(s): Iceland, Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Crime, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s a bitter winter morning when Sergeant Gunnhildur is called to the scene of a violent killing in an abandoned industrial unit. Gunna and her sidekick Helgi quickly find that the battered victim had no shortage of enemies. The...

Wish me Dead

Wish me Dead
  • Author(s): Helen Grant
  • Location(s): Bad Münstereifel
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Young Adult

Be careful what you wish for! Unassuming Steffi is resigned to working in the family bakery – essentially trapped in the small town of Bad Münstereifel – where she hangs out with her friends and boyfriend. On Walpurgisnacht (similar...

With or Without You

With or Without You
  • Author(s): Carole Matthews
  • Location(s): Nepal, The Himalayas
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When Jake tells Lyssa it’s not working, she knows he’s not talking about the toaster. What she doesn’t realise is that he has been seduced by another woman. Lyssa’s immediate reaction is to sob into her pillow and wait...

Without a Trace

Without a Trace
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Heathrow Airport
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2014

A FATAL CRASH A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and...

Witness the Night

Witness the Night
  • Author(s): Kishwar Desai
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A highly atmospheric mystery set in India, with the controversial subject of female foeticide at the fore. Longlisted for the ManAsian Literary Prize. In a small town in the heart of India, a young girl is found tied to...

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