- Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s/1950s/1960s
Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. As World War II ends they are on the cusp of adulthood, the world...
- Location(s): Kyoto, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Haruka and Takashi are devoted to shopping and going out in Tokyo. She loves her Louis Vuitton handbags, Hermès scarves and Louboutin shoes. He enjoys eating out and looking through the department stores in Ginza and Shibuya. Together they...
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
‘What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?’ In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking...
- Location(s): Coniston Water
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Lizzie lives in the Lake District with her partner, Jonty, and his teenage son, Sam. Though she’s only ten years older than her stepson, somehow their set-up works. They’re a unit, a family. But now Sam has become sullen...
- Location(s): Biarritz, Dublin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
They’re chalk and cheese but always the best of friends . . . until Biarritz! Meet best friends Kate and Annabel, all set to celebrate a big birthday in style. And where better to do it than the chic...
- Location(s): South Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Centuy
In the tradition of great Australian literature Volcano Street is a wonderfully vivid portrayal of small-town life and the uncertainties of childhood. ‘What would Germaine do?’ This is the mantra that Skip and Marlo Wells turn to as they...
- Location(s): London
- Era(s): Modern
The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground – overground – passing every station on the way....
- Location(s): Estonia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
“1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men have deserted the Red Army – Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife, Juudit, and...
- Location(s): England
- Era(s): Modern
Three solitary characters remember their shared past in a sprawling, derelict psychiatric hospital on the English coast: a turbulent summer in the aftermath of the hospital’s closure that culminated in a shocking, life-altering accident. But the more each tries...
- Location(s): Europe, North America, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
The book starts out in Chicago, 1920. Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for...
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