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The Heat of the Day

The Heat of the Day
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Bowen
  • Location(s): Ireland, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): World War II

In The Heat of the Day, Elizabeth Bowen brilliantly recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown...

The Hotel

The Hotel
  • Author(s): Louise Mumford
  • Location(s): Cardiganshire, London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

Four of them went to the hotel Four students travel to Ravencliffe, an eerie abandoned hotel perched on steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. After a series of unexplained accidents, only three of them leave. The fourth, Leo, disappears,...

The House on Bellevue Gardens

The House on Bellevue Gardens
  • Author(s): Rachel Hore
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Rosa has arrived in London from Poland to look for her younger brother Mikhail. He is supposed to be staying with their English father, but when she visits the house she finds it’s locked up and there’s no sign...

The Italian Teacher

The Italian Teacher
  • Author(s): Tom Rachman
  • Location(s): Rome, London, New York City (NYC), The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1955

Rome, 1955 The artists are gathering together for a photograph. In one of Rome’s historic villas, a party glitters with socialites and patrons. Bear Bavinsky, creator of vast, masculine, meaty canvases, is their god. He is at the centre...

The Last 10 Seconds

The Last 10 Seconds
  • Author(s): Simon Kernick
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Sean Egan, undercover cop and DI Tina Boyd are the main protagonists. Egan’s job is to infiltrate a top London gang and Boyd’s job is to bring a serial killer to justice.

The Life Assistance Agency

The Life Assistance Agency
  • Author(s): Thomas Hocknell
  • Location(s): Prague, Europe, Krakow, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Various

Do you want to live forever? is THE question facing anyone pursuing immortality. But what happens when eternal life is disappointing, and everyone around you keeps dying? Ben Ferguson-Cripps, a struggling writer with a surname that gets more attention...

The London Train

The London Train
  • Author(s): Tessa Hadley
  • Location(s): Cardiff, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The London Train is a novel in two parts, separate but wound together around a single moment, examining in vivid detail two lives stretched between two cities. Paul lives in the Welsh countryside with his wife Elise, and their...

The Map of Time

The Map of Time
  • Author(s): Felix J Palma
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women...

The Midwife

The Midwife
  • Author(s): Tricia Cresswell
  • Location(s): London, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century

A haunting and moving debut, The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked, near death on the Northumberland moors. She has...

The Murder Mystery

The Murder Mystery
  • Author(s): Alice Castle
  • Location(s): Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Originally published as Death in Dulwich. Meet Beth Haldane: a historian with a taste for gardening, snug coffee shops… and solving mysteries? It’s a crisp spring day in Dulwich Village when Beth arrives at Wyatt’s School for her new...

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