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Harbor Nocturne

Harbor Nocturne
  • Author(s): Joseph Wambaugh
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in San Pedro, a southern district of Los Angeles and one of the world’s busiest ports. Dinko Babich and Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from a local topless bar start building up a relationship, a life together fraught...

Hard Cold Winter

Hard Cold Winter
  • Author(s): Glen Erik Hamilton
  • Location(s): Seattle
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When an old crony of Van Shaw’s late grandfather calls in a favor, he embarks on a journey deep into the remote forest of the Olympic Mountains in search of a missing girl tied to his own criminal past....

Harlem is Nowhere

Harlem is Nowhere
  • Author(s): Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s onwards

For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem’s history, as gentrification encroaches, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning...

Havana Blue

Havana Blue
  • Author(s): Leonardo Padura
  • Location(s): Havana
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year’s Eve hangover. Though it’s the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura....

Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel
  • Author(s): Deborah Moggach
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than...

Heaven, Hell and Mademoiselle

Heaven, Hell and Mademoiselle
  • Author(s): H C Carlton
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

the author combines his inside knowledge of fashion with the brilliantly described main characters, with a touch of humour and atmosphere which perfectly evokes Paris of the heady 60s.

Helsinki White

Helsinki White
  • Author(s): James Thompson
  • Location(s): Helsinki
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Helsinki White Inspector Kari Vaara, recovering from brain surgery, is back to doing police work–under circumstances most cops only dream of. Reporting directly to the national chief of police, Kari and his partners Milo and Sulo have been granted...

Henry James’ Midnight Song

Henry James’ Midnight Song
  • Author(s): Carol de Chellis Hill
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 19th Century

This novel is set in Fin de Siecle Vienna and is populated with real characters – Henry James, Edith Wharton. The women of Vienna are dying – some by murder, some by suicide. During Dr. Freud’s absence in Paris,...

Her Cold Eyes

Her Cold Eyes
  • Author(s): Tony Black
  • Location(s): Ayr, Ayrshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Police Procedural, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back to early 2000s

She’s missing, and her mother knows who to blame. But nobody’s listening. When the case falls to DCI Bob Valentine, however, he has no choice but to listen. Haunted by the girl’s cold gaze and her mother’s hurt, the...

Her Darkest Nightmare

Her Darkest Nightmare
  • Author(s): Brenda Novak
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Dr. Evelyn Talbot has learnt to live with fear. As a teenager she was targeted by her boyfriend, Jasper Moore, and survived days of torture. She escaped with her life, but Jasper disappeared before he could be caught. Now...

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