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The Retreat

The Retreat
  • Author(s): Karen King
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, 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...

The Rosario

The Rosario
  • Author(s): Peter Sissons
  • Location(s): Catalonia, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

Imagine being flown to a new job at a luxury estate belonging to a fabulously rich but obnoxious Englishman, in the Catalonian mountains. This man’s bizarre character is hard to handle, but he is paying you handsomely and you...

The Season A Novel

The Season A Novel
  • Author(s): Liam Concannon
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): Present

When Finbar O’Sullivan arrives in Calamendrera with his partner Lance to celebrate his thirty-fifth birthday, he has the perfect life. Yet he begins to realise it has been a life lived without adventure. Fin makes up his mind to...

The Secret of the Purple Lake

The Secret of the Purple Lake
  • Author(s): Yaba Badoe, Gbolahan Adams (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Ghana, Norway, Orkney Islands, Spain, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in...

The Seville Communion

The Seville Communion
  • Author(s): Arturo Peréz-Reverte, Sonia Soto (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Murderous goings-on in a tiny church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker gets into the Pope’s personal computer to leave a warning about mysterious deaths in a small church in Seville that is threatened...

The Shining City

The Shining City
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Córdoba
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 10th century

Everything that Qasim has worked for is about to be destroyed. His youngest son has fallen in love with the caliph’s favourite concubine, and if he is caught, he will suffer the death penalty and the rest of the...

The Ship of Shadows

The Ship of Shadows
  • Author(s): Maria Kuzniar
  • Location(s): Seville, Morocco
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Middle Ages

The sweeping, sparkling first book in a brand new series that will delight fans of The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club and The Girl of Ink and Stars. “A feast for the imagination . . . an enthralling adventure.” –...

The Silk Pavilion

The Silk Pavilion
  • Author(s): Sarah Walton
  • Location(s): Deya (Deià)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Lucy is on assignment. A wild, reclusive writer awaits her. She wants his life story. He wants her everything. A whirlwind romance takes them to the highs and lows of Deià. But beneath them lie the bodies of a...

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