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The Palace at the End of the Sea

The Palace at the End of the Sea
  • Author(s): Simon Tolkien
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), England, Lower East Side
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

A young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity—and a cause—at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War in a thrilling, timely, and emotional historical saga. New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world...

The Palma Foundation

The Palma Foundation
  • Author(s): Pete Davies
  • Location(s): Palma de Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To the outside world, the Palma Foundation is a charitable and benevolent business network formed in the post Franco era by four Mallorcan businessmen. However, with growing suspicion of bribery and corruption, DI Lori Garcia is tasked with investigating...

The Path Keeper

The Path Keeper
  • Author(s): N J Simmonds
  • Location(s): Tarifa
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary and WW2

Can love ever be stronger than fate? What if every coincidence was a tiny miracle? What if our life was already mapped out before birth? What if someone had the power to change the path we were destined to...

The Perfect Holiday

The Perfect Holiday
  • Author(s): T J Emerson
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Olivia and Julian are enjoying lazy days in their Spanish villa, a well deserved break from their busy lives. Especially for Julian, who after a lifetime as a carer was thrust into the public eye following the tragic murder...

The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom

The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
  • Author(s): Paulo Coelho
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The 25th anniversary edition of The Pilgrimage, the precursor to The Alchemist. In this gripping story, Paulo Coelho is on a quest for the ultimate in self-knowledge, wisdom and spiritual mastery. Guided by his mysterious companion Petrus, he takes...

The Pirate

The Pirate
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga, Balearic Islands (Illes Balears)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 11th century

Early one morning, the ambitious pirate, al-Awar, makes a lightning raid on the shipyard in Málaga and kidnaps Bakr, a master shipbuilder. Before anyone realises, he and two of his workmen have disappeared. No-one has any idea why the...

The Pollensa Connection

The Pollensa Connection
  • Author(s): Pete Davies
  • Location(s): Pollensa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The 3R team are back in action in the second of the series! Lily Green is scared stiff. Kidnapped after she leaves her work in Pollensa, Mallorca, she doesn’t know why this has happened and even when drugged and...

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven
  • Author(s): Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 3 THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel...

The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile

The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
  • Author(s): C W Gortner
  • Location(s): Castile y León
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1474

Isabella is barely a teenager when she becomes an unwitting pawn in a plot to dethrone her half brother, King Enrique. Suspected of treason and held captive, she treads a perilous path, torn between loyalties, until at age seventeen...

The Red Citadel

The Red Citadel
  • Author(s): Michael Lynes
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), Seville
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 15th Century

A historical thriller set in the court of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain. Perfect for fans of S.J. Parris and C.J. Sansom. Granada, Andalusia, 1499 A city and a family in turmoil. Heretic. Spy. Murderer. Is this...

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