- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
(The Ottoman Quartet, 3) The third book in the Ottoman Quartet, set in the years leading up to WWI, is steeped in the tumultuous events and the political struggle that shaped 20th century Turkey, from the war against the...
- Location(s): Stockholm
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
If you’re having withdrawal symptoms after Henning Mankell wrote finis to the chronicles of Kurt Wallander, remember that it’s possible to take alternative journeys down the mean streets of Swedish cities. If you’re hardy enough to tackle crime narratives...
- Location(s): Sydney
- Genre(s): Romance
She betrayed him and left him to be with another. Now that she’s alone again, nothing is going to stop him from coming for her. Australian media tycoon Jake Formosa does not believe in forgiving…or forgetting. So when he...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
This is the story of radio DJ Xavier Ireland, who by night offers words of wisdom to sleepless Londoners and by day keeps himself to himself. That is, until a one-of-a-kind encounter forces him to confront his own biggest...
- Location(s): Tupelo
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
This is Tupelo, Mississippi, the town where Elvis grew up. Each year the people have a Best Elvis Competition that brings in thousands of his fans to the town. The hairdresser Callie Valentine Jones has the real “Elvis”, the...
- Location(s): Buenos Aires, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
This is the same book as Brava, Valentine. Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Valentine’s dreams are dashed when her grandmother names her brother and nemesis Alfred her partner at...
Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Reality of life in a Thai prison
- Location(s): Croatia, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s to 2008
Dora and Luka are inseparable: ever since he fainted at the sight of her – walking into the classroom with her new schoolbag – and she woke him with a chaste kiss, it has been love at first sight....
- Location(s): New York State
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The Wayland family – Lara and Marcus and their three children – leave England to spend a long, hot summer in Trout Island, Upstate New York. Lara, still reeling from an abortion that Marcus insisted on, hopes the summer...
- Location(s): Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children. Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But...
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