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The Penthouse

The Penthouse
  • Author(s): Catherine Cooper
  • Location(s): Las Vegas, London
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2004-8 / 2024

Beneath the glamour dark secrets lurk. World famous singer Enola had it all – fame, fortune, and a breathtaking penthouse view. Then she vanished without a trace, leaving the band’s careers in ruins. Fifteen years on, the remaining members...

The Pimlico Kid

The Pimlico Kid
  • Author(s): Barry Walsh
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

One boy. One street. One summer he will never forget. A powerful and poignant debut from a compelling and authentic voice in commercial fiction. It’s 1963. Billy Driscoll and his best mate, Peter ‘Rooksy’ Rooker, have the run of...

The Prisoner of the Riviera

The Prisoner of the Riviera
  • Author(s): Janice Law
  • Location(s): London, Monaco
  • Era(s): Post WW2

Francis is having dinner in London with his longtime lover, Arnold, when they find a man shot and wounded. Francis uses his wartime medical skills to keep the man alive. M. Joubert, who owns a casino in London, and...

The Quiet Ones

The Quiet Ones
  • Author(s): Betsy Reavley
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 21st century

Who am I? This is the question Josie asks herself when a mysterious letter arrives. Then a brutal killing turns her world upside down. In order to make sense of the present, Josie must revisit her dark past. Who...

The Return of Captain John Emmett

The Return of Captain John Emmett
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Speller
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Post WW1

Laurence Bartram life changed forever after the horrors of the Western Front, and lost his wife in childbirth. Returning home, he has little left. He receives a letter from Mary, who is the sister of his erstwhile schoolfriend, John...

The Sealed Letter

The Sealed Letter
  • Author(s): Emma Donoghue
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1864

This wonderful book is set in Victorian London loosely based on a scandalous divorce case, and there are features and facts that are even stranger than fiction: friends turn against each other, a stained dress, false evidence…..Helen Codrington has...

The Secret Keeper

The Secret Keeper
  • Author(s): Kate Morton
  • Location(s): London, Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2, 1960s, Modern

1961: On a sweltering summer’s day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright...

The Sleeper

The Sleeper
  • Author(s): Emily Barr
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London
  • Era(s): Modern

Everyone thinks she has a happy life in Cornwall, married to the devoted Sam, but in fact she is desperately bored. When she is offered a new job that involves commuting to London by sleeper train, she meets Guy...

The Sugar Girls

The Sugar Girls
  • Author(s): Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories ‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of the...

The Total Zone

The Total Zone
  • Author(s): Martina Navratilova, Liz Nickles
  • Location(s): Florida, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1990s

Jordan Myles is an ex tennis pro. She is looking for Audrey Armat one of the best tennis players and her travels take her to Florida, Wimbledon, and Flushing Meadows to find out what has happened to her. When...

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