- Location(s): Kent, South East England
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting...
- Location(s): Assisi
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 2000s
Rita has grown up in the States but decided to head for her relatives in Italy. Her body is found and a probe starts into the life of the Casati family.
The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome
- Location(s): England, Russia
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): First half of the 20th Century
Arthur Ransome is best known for the twelve immortal ”Swallows and Amazons” books he wrote on his return from Russia in 1928. From his prose he appears a genial and gentle Englishman, who, like his protagonists, pursued benign maritime...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
A universal tale of escape, love and redemption. A Boston fireman, in an attempt to flee personal and professional tragedy, accepts a job as a bartender on a Greek island. In an isolated cove, he meets Kerryn, an animal...
- Location(s): Uganda
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
No, we’re not talking Bonnie Prince Charlie here. The title character of Giles Foden’s debut novel, The Last King of Scotland, is none other than Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda. Told from the viewpoint of Nicholas Garrigan,...
- Location(s): Bristol
- Genre(s): Crime, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
An ageing misanthrope with a penchant for alcohol, seeking out work in the underbelly of Bristol – a bit of debt collecting and exposing errant spouses.
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Caz Ripley, a cafe owner from a small, ordinary town, boards the RMS Atlantica with her boyfriend Pete and a thousand fellow passengers destined for New York. The next morning, she wakes to discover that everyone else on board...
- Location(s): Sausalito, Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
IT WAS THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME: PROTECT HER Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect – his teenage...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Paris
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 1930s/40s
Claire is living a privliged life of a socialite in Manhattan, married to Russell, lover of Laurent. Russell is a German sympathiser and after revelations, Claire flees to Paris and finds herself part of the Resistance Movement.
- Location(s): Scarborough
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Early 1900s
One night, in a private boarding house in Scarborough, a railwayman vanishes, leaving his belongings behind… It is the eve of the Great War, and Jim Stringer, railway detective, is uneasy about his next assignment. It’s not so much...
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