- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): contemporary
At first, Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan believes the murder mystery game sent to her office is a birthday gift from one of her colleagues. But when Frankie studies the game’s contents, she notices a striking resemblance between the...
- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A riveting story about uncovering family secrets and the power of forgiveness, set in India and the United States, from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago,...
- Location(s): Mallorca
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Finn Hensen gets a call from his sister Jess to say their father has died, neither is heartbroken. Their parents divorced many years ago, after which their father, Jimmy, continued to live a bohemian lifestyle in sun-soaked Mallorca,...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master’s severed finger and reunite...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Multiple Timelines - 1904 / 2017
A heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hide Frozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea,...
The Office of Gardens and Ponds
- Location(s): Honshu, Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 12th Century
The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial...
- Location(s): London, Estonia, Washington DC
- Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson has been tasked with secretly guarding a gifted young woman, Zoe Freemantle. He is just beginning to tire of the job when he is attacked in the street by a freakish looking knifeman. It’s clear...
- Location(s): Cyprus
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A magical house. A momentous summer. It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, ‘Pandora’, is left to...
- Location(s): Lampedusa
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From an award-winning BBC journalist, this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about human fellowship and the awakening of courage and conscience. ‘I can hardly begin to describe to you what I...
- Location(s): Seville
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Present looking back
An unforgettable story of past love and family secrets, set in sunny Seville Holly loves making marmalade. Now she has a chance to leave her stressful city job and pursue her dream – of returning to the Dorset landscape...
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