- Location(s): Crete
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with...
- Location(s): Falkenberg, Hampstead, London
- Genre(s): Thriller
Falkenberg, Sweden. The mutilated body of talented young jewellery designer, Linnea Blix, is found in a snow-swept marina. Hampstead Heath, London. The body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds to Linnea’s. Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944. In...
- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1680s
There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . . On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced writer in the midst of a rueful middle age. Living a very private life in Maine, in touch only with his daughter and still trying to recover from the end of a long marriage,...
The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen
- Location(s): Bath
- Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
- Era(s): Present Day
It’s September, and the beautiful city of Bath is playing host to the annual Jane Austen Festival, a celebration of the famous author and her works. Rose Wallace, Bath resident and avid Jane Austen fan, can’t wait for her...
- Location(s): Vermont
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1925-1945
An atmospheric historical novel set in small-town Vermont, where 19-year-old Faby lives with her close-knit French family, Maman Aurore, Papa, Mémère, and sister Josephine. The story traces an eventful year in Faby’s young life when she meets and marries...
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light
- Location(s): Spain, Seattle
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Historical
- Era(s): Medieval and Modern
When Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Granada to apply for citizenship as a descendant of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, she uncovers her own family story, along with a hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When 11-year-old Indigo and her older brother Robin arrive in South Africa to stay with their father, they find a luxury lifestyle that is a world away from their modest existence back in England. But Indigo is uneasy in...
- Location(s): Sardinia (Sardegna)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Present day
Sardinia: Beautiful landscapes, fascinating history and a unique blend of cultures. For Ralph and Clare, a working holiday also offers an opportunity to get their marriage back on track. Then a chance meeting with Tex and Cass provides new...
- Location(s): Colorado, Gunnison County, Paonia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1940s-70s
I’ve come to understand how the exceptional lurks beneath the ordinary like the deep and mysterious world beneath the sea. On a cool autumn morning, Victoria Nash heads into her village pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches....
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