- Location(s): Brussels
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Brussels. A hive of tragic heroes, manipulative losers, involuntary accomplices. No wonder the European Commission is keen to improve its image. The fiftieth anniversary of the European Commission approaches, and the Directorate-General for Culture is tasked with organising an...
- Location(s): The Mediterranean
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When a group of solo travellers meet for dinner on the first night of a luxury cruise, alliances are quickly formed.But as the ship makes its way through azure Mediterranean waters, it becomes clear that some of the passengers...
- Location(s): Barnes
- Genre(s): Adventure, Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Conteporary
The Tarot talks . . . but is anyone listening? Returning home from a holiday, Tarot reader Dolly Greene learns that much has changed on her street. Squatters have taken over at No.7 Tinderbox Lane, and a mysterious Brazilian...
- Location(s): Nottingham, The Peak District
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
She says he’s perfect. I know he’s lying . . . He caught me watching, and our eyes met. That was when it hit me. There was something not quite right about my daughter’s new boyfriend . . ....
- Location(s): Sarajevo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
In the background of this book, a cellist sits at the same spot in a bombed street at the same time every day for 22 days and plays, this is his way of remembering the the 22 people who...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern and 18th Century
In the ancient burial ground of San Michele on an island off Venice, a young woman’s casket is prised open, an object wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary story begins. Young academic Daniel Forster arrives in Venice working...
- Location(s): French Alps
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
The ski season. A glamorous world of snowy pistes, gorgeous ski instructors and glittering après-ski nightlife. What’s not to love? Quite a lot, thinks Millie Braythorpe. Four months of endless bed-making and cooking for guests have taken their toll,...
- Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), French Alps
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
They thought it was perfect. They were wrong… A glamorous chateau Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay...
- Location(s): St Moritz, Zurich
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 2000s
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich’s leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock markets and collapsing banks. But behind the scenes, even the rarefied world of haute cuisine is...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2010
An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, a secret love story, and the fate of the world are all brought to life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our...
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