- Location(s): London, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Somerset
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
It is 1938 and Mariette Carrera is a defiant, strong-willed and selfish eighteen-year-old. And sooner or later, if she stays in the small, gossipy town of Russell, New Zealand, she’ll get herself into some serious trouble. Her doting parents,...
- Location(s): Alpes-Maritimes, Nice
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
It is July, 1994 and Joe Jacobs, who is well known poet, his war reporter wife Isabel, and their 14 year old daughter are renting a holiday villa near Nice, accompanied by their friends Laura and Mitchell. Part into...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 20th century
“The giraffe gives its tears to the women and they weave them into the basket. Why does the giraffe gives its tears? I suppose that it means that we can all give something. A giraffe has nothing else to...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Alex Morris has lost everything:her relationship, her career and her faith in the future. Moving to Edinburgh to escape her demons, Alex takes a job teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit. It’s a place for kids whose behaviour is...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Food and Drink, Mystery
- Era(s): 1890s
Nothing could please a chef more than a chance to learn the secrets of a Baron’s castle kitchen. Having travelled the length and breadth of the country compiling his masterpiece, The Science of Cooking and The Art of Eating Well,...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Leaving comes naturally to Eva Elliott: she spent her childhood abandoning schools and cities. Now she enjoys the thrill of saying goodbye much more than the butterflies of a first smile or kiss. There s so much more potential...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople), United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Various
In her second novel written in English (The Saint of Incipient Insanities was the first), Turkish novelist Shafak tackles Turkish national identity and the Armenian “question” in her signature style. In a novel that overflows with a kitchen sink’s...
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
- Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In the original this is These Foolish Things (which also features on the TF site) A very funny book about a retirement home in Bangalore, peopled by quirky British pensioners.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau, Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country.All he knows...
- Location(s): Ljubljana, Villach
- Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A private plane and helicopter take him to a showcase villa in Carinthia and all the luxury he could ever want. Here he meets the owner of the house Bondarenko. Unwillingly Jacob has become part of an organised crime...
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