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Ushig

Ushig
  • Author(s): Annemarie Allan
  • Location(s): East Lothian
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy

Ellen whistled again and repeated the old rhyme Aunt Marian had taught her. ‘I call you once. I call you twice. I call you three times over’. Surely in a place as beautiful as this, anything that answered her...

Varamo

Varamo
  • Author(s): Cesar Aira
  • Location(s): Colón
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1923

One day, before going home to the house he shares with his Chinese-born mother, Varamo is paid his monthly salary in counterfeit money. Instantly recognizing the problem, he is paralyzed with the fear that he will be turned in...

Venetian Curiosities

Venetian Curiosities
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder. They are the storehouse of a city’s mores, emblems of its identity. In Venetian Curiosities, acclaimed...

Vengeance in Mind

Vengeance in Mind
  • Author(s): N J Cooper
  • Location(s): Isle of Wight
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sir Dan Blackwater, well known businessman and philanthropist is found dead one morning in his home on the Isle of Wight. Pinned to the kitchen table with butcher’s knives, he has been castrated in what looks like a gruesome...

Venice in the Moonlight

Venice in the Moonlight
  • Author(s): Charles Timoney, Elizabeth McKenna
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Carnival Time 18th Century Venice…… Considered useless by his cold-hearted father, Nico Foscari, eldest son of one of the founding families in Venice, hides his pain behind gambling, drinking and womanizing. After her husband’s untimely demise, Marietta Gatti returns...

Véronique’s Journey

Véronique’s Journey
  • Author(s): Patti Flinn
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Novella
  • Era(s): 18th Century

In 18th century France, the choices for a young black woman of modest means are slim. Véronique Clair loves her parents and their small home in the countryside of Burgundy but dreams of using her talent for sewing and...

Victory (11)

Victory (11)
  • Author(s): Julian Stockwin
  • Location(s): England, France, The Atlantic Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1805

`Stockwin continues to display his talents in transporting his audience from the 21st century to the chaotic worlds of Kydd, Renzi, and their imperiled homeland.’ – Historical Novels Review

Waiting for Wednesday (Frieda Klein 3)

Waiting for Wednesday (Frieda Klein 3)
  • Author(s): Nicci French
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Ruth Lennox, beloved mother of three, is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. Who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with...

Washington Square

Washington Square
  • Author(s): Henry James
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Second half 1800s

A beautiful book set in old patrician New York, this is the story of a Father and his daughter Catherine – she is courted by Morris Townsend, who is seemingly after her wealth. After her father’s death, he courts...

Water Lily

Water Lily
  • Author(s): Susanna Jones
  • Location(s): Shanghai, Tokyo
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Runa is a young Japanese woman who teaches in a high school and has an affair with one of her pupils. Rather than face the consequences, she flees to Shanghai, where she hopes to meet a friend. Ralph is...

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