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On the Floor

On the Floor
  • Author(s): Aifric Campbell
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1991

Geri Molloy is earning a huge salary working at a London investment bank just before the 1991 invasion of Kuwait. She is in on the verge of a breakdown, her boyfriend has left, she hardly sleeps and eats, and...

Origins of Love

Origins of Love
  • Author(s): Kishwar Desai
  • Location(s): Delhi, India, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In Delhi a small baby lies alone and abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she had been so coveted – until she was born with a fatal illness. No one knows how the infection could have been transferred...

Rewitched

Rewitched
  • Author(s): Lucy Jane Wood
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Paranormal
  • Era(s): Contemporary

With found family, a dash of romance and an uplifting message about self-love, Rewitched is a cosy autumnal fantasy that will leave readers spellbound. Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, but she hasn’t seen it in a while...

Something from Tiffany’s

Something from Tiffany’s
  • Author(s): Melissa Hill
  • Location(s): Ireland, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Doesn’t every girl dream of getting . . . something from Tiffany’s? It’s Christmas Eve. And on 5th Avenue in New York City, two very different men are shopping for gifts for the women they love. Gary is buying...

The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia
  • Author(s): Hanif Kureishi
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is ‘the buddha of...

The Dealer and the Dead

The Dealer and the Dead
  • Author(s): Gerald Seymour
  • Location(s): London, Portland (Isle of), Vukovar
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s onwards

SOMETIMES, surviving a war can almost seem worse than dying in it. In a Croatian village near Vukovar, no one who survived will ever forget the night they waited for the weapons they needed to make a last-ditch fight...

The Detective’s Daughter

The Detective’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Lesley Thomson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

WEST LONDON Kate Rokesmith’s decision to go to the river changed the lives of many. Her murder shocked the nation. Her husband, never charged, moved abroad under a cloud of suspicion. Her son, just four years old, grew up...

The Flatshare

The Flatshare
  • Author(s): Beth O'Leary
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she...

The Girl in Berlin

The Girl in Berlin
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Wilson
  • Location(s): Berlin, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Girl in Berlin Which side are you on? A novel about spies, lies and unearthing the truth. Summer 1951.The Cold War is at its height. Burgess and Maclean have just disappeared, and the nation is obsessed with the...

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
  • Author(s): Fiona Gibson
  • Location(s): Glasgow, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, Hannah, Sadie and Lou are determined to give it their best shot. Hannah’s getting married… and has serious pre-wedding jitters. She adores Ryan...

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