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The Man of Feeling

The Man of Feeling
  • Author(s): Javier Marías
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Glinting like a moonstone with layers of emotion, The Man of Feeling is a sleek and strange tale of cosmopolitan love. An affair between a married woman and a young man just becoming an opera star (curiously helped along...

The Man of My Life

The Man of My Life
  • Author(s): Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After a visit to Argentina, Spain’s most famous detective Pepe Carvalho is back in his beloved Barcelona and is swiftly embroiled in a murderous scandal amid the murky politics of 21st century Catalonia. When the son of a rich...

The Monk

The Monk
  • Author(s): Matthew Lewis
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Ambrosio, the superior of the Capuchins in Madrid succumbs to temptations with one of his pentitents but ends up killing a her, so that he avoids discovery. Nevertheless he is discovered, tortured by the Spanish Inquisition and is sentenced...

The Monster Belt

The Monster Belt
  • Author(s): Ruth Estevez
  • Location(s): Formentera, Ibiza, Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the Monster Belt, discoveries are made. Some good, some bad, some life changing … Harris White is on a journey, one that takes him across land and sea in search of The Monster Belt, where he believes he’ll...

The Moon Sister

The Moon Sister
  • Author(s): Lucinda Riley
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), New York City (NYC), Scottish Highlands, South America
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy...

The Moor’s Last Sigh

The Moor’s Last Sigh
  • Author(s): Salman Rushdie
  • Location(s): Kochi (Cochin), Mumbai (Bombay), Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1900 onwards

Moraes ‘Moor’ Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route...

The Morning Sun

The Morning Sun
  • Author(s): Barry Smith
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): modern day

A romance set in Seville, a tender love story which delves into the emotional highs and lows of being in love, friendship and trust. Music is almost an extra character, and colours the scenes, reflects the feelings of Valentina...

The Most English Man in Spain

The Most English Man in Spain
  • Author(s): Stephen Mackey
  • Location(s): Central Spain
  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Era(s): 2017. Just after the Brexit referendum.

Kenneth Podd is pompous and egotistical. He is also eccentric to the extreme; an ardent supporter of Brexit, he emigrates to Spain shortly after the referendum. Finding the historic town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial a little foreign...

The Muse

The Muse
  • Author(s): Jessie Burton
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/1930s

On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Lisa Walker
  • Location(s): England, North West Spain
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness, but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost. Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tess’s world is upended...

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