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The Hired Man

The Hired Man
  • Author(s): Aminatta Forna
  • Location(s): Croatia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Fictional Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs...

The History Room

The History Room
  • Author(s): Eliza Graham
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Fiction

After her soldier husband is seriously injured and her marriage begins to fall apart, Meredith Cordingley returns to teach at Letchford, the grand Cotswold private school run by her father, who outwardly appears to be a typically English headmaster....

The Holiday

The Holiday
  • Author(s): Erica James
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Torn between struggling to live up to the expectations of being a Modern Woman and ridding herself of the effect of a repressed upbringing, Izzy Jordan would be the first to admit that it’s time to take stock of...

The Hotel

The Hotel
  • Author(s): Louise Mumford
  • Location(s): Cardiganshire, London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

Four of them went to the hotel Four students travel to Ravencliffe, an eerie abandoned hotel perched on steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. After a series of unexplained accidents, only three of them leave. The fourth, Leo, disappears,...

The Hotel Riviera

The Hotel Riviera
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Imagine a sunny sea-lapped cove, gift wrapped in blue and tied with a bow like a Tiffany Box, and you’ll get the feel of my little hotel. It’s a place made for Romance with a capital R. Except for...

The Hottest Place

The Hottest Place
  • Author(s): Tabitha Flyte
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Abigail is having a great time relaxing on a hot and steamy tropical island in Thailand. She tries to stay faithful to her boyfriend back in England, but it isn’t easy when a variety of attractive, fun-loving young people...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Author(s): Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Location(s): Dartmoor
  • Genre(s): Fiction

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast “with blazing eyes and dripping jaws” which...

The Hour I First Believed

The Hour I First Believed
  • Author(s): Wally Lamb
  • Location(s): Colorado, Littleton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Caelum Quirk is a middle-aged schoolteacher. Students at Columbine High School generally respect him and turn to his wife Maureen, the school nurse, when in trouble. When he has to return to his home town for the funeral of...

The House In Paris

The House In Paris
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Bowen
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century looking back

When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers’ residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris...

The House in Via Gemito

The House in Via Gemito
  • Author(s): Domenico Starnone, Oonagh Stransky (Translator)
  • Location(s): Naples
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

The modest apartment in Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The living room furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night. Federí, the...

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