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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...

The Retreat

The Retreat
  • Author(s): Karen King
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Destination Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The sunlight sparkles on the bright turquoise of the pool, next to the freshly painted house with its trailing pink flowers and terracotta roof. I feel a jolt of pride. My partner José and I have dreamed of this...

The Ring of Flames

The Ring of Flames
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Córdoba
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 10th century

A nail-biting finish to the al-Andalus trilogy as Ahmed searches for a way to get his family out of the beleaguered city of Córdoba. But is it too late? Córdoba is surrounded. The people are starving and dispirited. Al-Mansur,...

The Ring of Flames (al-Andalus series Book 3)

The Ring of Flames (al-Andalus series Book 3)
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Córdoba
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 10th century

It is the year 1008 AD and al-Mansur, the despotic ruler of al-Andalus is dead. Without his iron grip the country is heading for civil war. Rule and order have collapsed and anarchy reigns. If Ahmad wants to keep...

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