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The Queen of Fives

The Queen of Fives
  • Author(s): Alex Hay
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Regency (1760-1820)

SHE PLAYS BY HER OWN RULES. Few can know the mysterious woman called the Queen of Fives. A talented hustler in silk and furs, she tricks fortunes from unscrupulous men with five signature moves. Masquerading as a wealthy debutante,...

The Secret War

The Secret War
  • Author(s): Louise Burfitt-Dons
  • Location(s): Beijing (Peking), Hamburg, Liverpool, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

Karen Andersen, private investigator, stumbles across intelligence in a Liverpool University that an ultra-right faction of the CCP plan to release a new highly contagious virus on an unsuspecting New York City.

The Tiger Catcher

The Tiger Catcher
  • Author(s): Paullina Simons
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance

Can true love ever die? Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes after he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious young woman named...

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou
  • Author(s): Eleni Kyriacou
  • Location(s): London, North London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1954

THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. London, 1954. Zina Pavlou, a Cypriot grandmother, waits quietly in the custody of the Metropolitan police. She can’t speak their language, but she understands what their wary looks mean: she has...

The Woman Outside The Walls

The Woman Outside The Walls
  • Author(s): Suzanne Goldring
  • Location(s): Hamburg, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1929 - 2017

I always knew it would come out one day. They are finding everyone who has stayed hidden. They would have come to me in the end. Hamburg, 1942. Seventeen-year-old Anna knows she can never tell her proud parents the...

There are Rivers in the Sky

There are Rivers in the Sky
  • Author(s): Elif Shafak
  • Location(s): Iraq, London, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Era(s): Years BC to modern

This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the...

Tiepolo Blue

Tiepolo Blue
  • Author(s): James Cahill
  • Location(s): Cambridge, Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Cambridge, 1994. Professor Don Lamb is a revered art historian at the height of his powers, consumed by the book he is writing about the skies of the Venetian master Tiepolo. However, his academic brilliance belies a deep inexperience...

Titian’s Boatman

Titian’s Boatman
  • Author(s): Victoria Blake
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC), Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century and 2011

It is 1576 and Venice is in chaos, ravaged by plague and overrun by crime. In the midst of the anarchy we find those brave souls who have chosen not to flee the city. Titian, most celebrated of Venetian...

Trading Down

Trading Down
  • Author(s): Stephen Norman
  • Location(s): Sana'a, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Chris Peters loves his work in a multi-national bank: the excitement of the trading floor, the impossible deadlines and the constant challenge of the superfast computers in his care. And he loves his beautiful wife, Olivia. But over time,...

Victoria Park

Victoria Park
  • Author(s): Gemma Reeves
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Mona and Wolfie have lived on Victoria Park for over fifty years. Now, on the eve of their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary, they must decide how to navigate Mona’s declining health. Bookended by the touching exploration of their love, Victoria...

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