- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
While Vigàta is wracked by storms, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is called to attend the discovery of a dismembered body in a field of clay. Bearing all the marks of an execution style killing, it seems clear that this is,...
- Location(s): Pretoria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma’s funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for —...
- Location(s): Mississippi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century
In this blinding debut, Robert Jones Jr. blends the lyricism of Toni Morrison with the vivid prose of Zora Neale Hurston to characterise the forceful, enduring bond of love, and what happens when brutality threatens the purest form of...
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1918
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Regency (1760-1820)
SHE PLAYS BY HER OWN RULES. Few can know the mysterious woman called the Queen of Fives. A talented hustler in silk and furs, she tricks fortunes from unscrupulous men with five signature moves. Masquerading as a wealthy debutante,...
The Railway Girls In Love (The Railway Girls Book #3)
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): World War II
Love is in the air, and together the railway girls can overcome even the hardest of times. Mabel has finally put the past behind her, and her relationship with the dashing Harry is stronger than ever. That is, until...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): WW2
During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
It is raining non-stop over Paris. The Malegarde family – split between France, London, and the US – is reunited for the first time in years. When Paul, a famous yet withdrawn arborist, suffers a stroke in the middle...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and...
- Location(s): Lahore
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1960s
A spellbinding debut set in Pakistan during the anarchic late ’60s – a multi-layered tale of family, identity and the politics of power in a caste-ridden society. As riots erupt on the streets of Lahore, Inspector Faraz returns to...
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