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A Small Weeping

A Small Weeping
  • Author(s): Alex Gray
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

The body of a prostitute is found at Glasgow ‘s Queen Street Station, her hands, pointing towards her feet, placed as if in prayer, a small flower pressed between the palms. Psychologist Solomon Brightman is called to assist DCI...

A Storm hits Valparaiso

A Storm hits Valparaiso
  • Author(s): David Gaughran
  • Location(s): Buenos Aires, Lima, Mendoza
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 19th Century

In 1810, José de San Martín deserts the Spanish Army and returns home to Buenos Aires to lead a bloody revolt against his former masters. Struggling with an increasing dependence on opiates, San Martín forms a secret army of...

A Suitable Lie

A Suitable Lie
  • Author(s): Michael J Malone
  • Location(s): Ayr
  • Genre(s): Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Some secrets should never be kept… Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true love. Then he...

A Taste For Malice

A Taste For Malice
  • Author(s): Michael J Malone
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

DI Ray McBain is back at work and on filing duty. Desperate for something to do, a pair of old files intrigue him. In the first a woman pushes her way into a vulnerable family. The children adore her....

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres
  • Author(s): Jane Smiley
  • Location(s): Iowa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Larry Cook’s farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic....

A Thread Unbroken

A Thread Unbroken
  • Author(s): Kay Bratt
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Chai and Josi share a bond that transcends ordinary friendship. While Chai has always been Josi’s protector-ever since they were toddlers, growing up together in a small Chinese village-she finds herself helpless when they are both abducted from their...

A Time of Mourning

A Time of Mourning
  • Author(s): Christobel Kent
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1966

November in Florence. If you have read`A Florentine Revenge’ find out what happened to the policeman – Sandro Cellini in this novel. He has left the police and is working as a P.I. His first client Is Lucia –...

A Very Big House in the Country

A Very Big House in the Country
  • Author(s): Claire Sandy
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For one long hot summer in Devon, three families are sharing one very big house in the country. The Herreras: made up of two tired parents, three grumbling children and one promiscuous dog; the Littles: he’s loaded (despite two...

A Vintage Wedding

A Vintage Wedding
  • Author(s): Katie Fforde
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings. So they set up in business, organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings. Soon they are busy arranging other people’s Big Days. What none...

A Year in the Merde

A Year in the Merde
  • Author(s): Stephen Clarke
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

The essence of the book lies just under the surface – an accurate portrayal of an Englishmen delving into the French system and all that involves. Full of humour and wry observations.

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