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In The Blink of An Eye

In The Blink of An Eye
  • Author(s): Jo Callaghan
  • Location(s): Warwickshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.  DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked...

In the Shadow of Papillon: Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela’s Prison System

In the Shadow of Papillon: Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela’s Prison System
  • Author(s): Frank Kane
  • Location(s): Venezuela
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1990s/2000s

Following the collapse of his business and the loss of his home, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision. In desperation, he agreed to smuggle cocaine out of Venezuela. Almost inevitably, he and his girlfriend, Sam, were caught. The price...

In The Shadows

In The Shadows
  • Author(s): Anna Smith
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Billie Carlson takes on a thrilling new case in the next instalment of this gripping series. YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE PAST. The future is looking bright for Billie Carlson. With her child safely home and a new relationship on...

India after Gandhi

India after Gandhi
  • Author(s): Ramachandra Guha
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1940s onwards

Much of this book deals with political history, together with topics such as the wars with Pakistan and China, communal violence, and economic development. A well written and throughtful account of one country’s history.

Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest
  • Author(s): David Foster Wallace
  • Location(s): Boston, North America
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Near Future

Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie...

Instructions for Heartbreak

Instructions for Heartbreak
  • Author(s): Sarah Handyside
  • Location(s): South London
  • Genre(s): New Adult, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What if heartbreak came with a manual? It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Dee, Liv and Rosa share a flat in south London, while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But, when Katie’s nine-year relationship...

Into the Water

Into the Water
  • Author(s): Paula Hawkins
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn’t pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help. Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one...

Invitation to Die

Invitation to Die
  • Author(s): Helen Smith
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery

Twenty-six-year-old Emily Castles is out of work… again. So when famous romance author Morgana Blakely offers her a job helping out at a conference in London, Emily accepts. Just as eagerly, American blogger Winnie Kraster accepts an invitation from...

Iran Awakening

Iran Awakening
  • Author(s): Shirin Ebadi
  • Location(s): Iran
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1979 onwards

The book is essentially a memoir of Shirin Ebadi’s life from the time she enters Tehran University and graduates as the top Law student up to when she she was representing the reporter Akbar Ganji as his lawyer.

Island Practice

Island Practice
  • Author(s): Pam Belluck
  • Location(s): Nantucket
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Recent

Nantucket Island.This book is the study of a 67-year-old Nantucket doctor and his anachronistic approach to medicine.

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