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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...

The Silver Rings

The Silver Rings
  • Author(s): J J Anderson
  • Location(s): Jerez
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th century

Adventure, intrigue and self-discovery in 13th century Spain, as our heroes come of age; fighting bandits, falling in love and, perhaps most difficult of all, coping with their families. The long-awaited sequel to ‘Reconquista’ (long listed 2016 Children’s Book...

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales
  • Author(s): John Reid Young
  • Location(s): The Canary Islands (Las Islas Canarias)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 19th-20th centuries

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales is a collection of delightful short stories set on the island of Tenerife between the late 19th and early 21st centuries. In an engaging and unique style, John Reid Young’s stories range from...

The Sound of One Hand Killing

The Sound of One Hand Killing
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On assignment Eduard and Borja check out an exclusive meditation centre in the ritziest part of Barcelona, only to discover the director murdered, whacked in the head with a statuette of the Buddha. The violent death of a neighbour...

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