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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
  • Author(s): Oscar Hijuelos
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of), New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1940s onwards

It’s 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City. It is the era of mambo, and the Castillo brothers, workers by day, become stars of the dance halls...

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
  • Author(s): Sloan Wilson
  • Location(s): Westport
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

This is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with three children, a nice home, a steady income. They have every reason to be happy, but for some reason they are not. Universally acclaimed when it...

The Man in the Seventh Row

The Man in the Seventh Row
  • Author(s): Brian Pendreigh
  • Location(s): Los Angeles, East Lothian, Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Moving from North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland, to Edinburgh and off to the States, Roy tells of his lifelong obsession with film. Roy is a film fan. He loves the cinema. What happened that turned his world inside...

The Map of Lost Memories

The Map of Lost Memories
  • Author(s): Kim Fay
  • Location(s): Cambodia, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): 1920s

Shanghai, 1925. Irene, a museum curator (and, unofficially, a treasure hunter) is searching for a set of legendary copper scrolls which describe the forgotten history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilisation. Her mentor has sent her to China to enlist...

The Map of Time

The Map of Time
  • Author(s): Felix J Palma
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women...

The Marbella Project

The Marbella Project
  • Author(s): Nigel James
  • Location(s): Marbella
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

When former Sas soldier Dan Green’s son is brutally murdered by the Russian Mafia in Puerto Banus on the Costa del Sol and the Spanish police seem powerless to act, he decides to take the law into his own...

The Marco Effect

The Marco Effect
  • Author(s): Jussi Adler-Olsen
  • Location(s): Copenhagen
  • Genre(s): Crime

The fifth novel in the Department Q series. Detective Carl Morck and his two unconventional assistants operate out of a basement office and work on cold cases.  Naturally he has his quirks being a European detective, and this time...

The Marriage Counselor

The Marriage Counselor
  • Author(s): Dea Poirier
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As a marriage counselor, couples trust me with their darkest secrets. But as I come to terms with what my husband has done, I realise that the darkest secret was always right here in front of me… Piecing through...

The Mary Smokes Boys

The Mary Smokes Boys
  • Author(s): Patrick Holland
  • Location(s): Brisbane, Queensland
  • Genre(s): Fiction

With themes of love, abandonment one’s responsibility in life towards others, this is set in the small town of ‘Mary Smokes’.

The Maze of Cadiz

The Maze of Cadiz
  • Author(s): Aly Monroe
  • Location(s): Cadiz
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1944

MAZE OF CADIZ is the first in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton. For all fans of John le Carre, Robert Harris, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. ‘Confirms Aly Monroe’s genius...

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