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Murder in Provence

Murder in Provence
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Mystery

The third installment in the Maggie Newberry mysteries, this book takes the reader further into the sleepy little French town of St-Buvard, where Maggie and Laurent discover not one but four murders to spice up their tenure in Provence....

Murder on the Bow

Murder on the Bow
  • Author(s): John Ballem
  • Location(s): Calgary
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Calgary, Alberta – City of oil barons and equestrians: saints and sinners: the exquisitely rich and the desperately poor… and murderers. Detective Chris Crane knows all these worlds. He knows the high stakes games played by the politicians and...

Murder Underground

Murder Underground
  • Author(s): Mavis Doriel Hay
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

London set mystery, around the Northern Line. ‘This detective novel is much more than interesting. The numerous characters are well differentiated, and include one of the most feckless, exasperating and lifelike literary men that ever confused a trail.’ Dorothy...

My new American Life

My new American Life
  • Author(s): Francine Prose
  • Location(s): New Jersey
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2005

It’s October 2005, post 9/11 and the States are at a low point of the Bush presidency. Lula, part Muslim, part Christiam is finding a settled life in New Jersey, far away from her native Albania.

Naked Came the Manatee

Naked Came the Manatee
  • Author(s): Carl Hiaasen et al
  • Location(s): Florida, Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Various

In South Florida, everyone wants to get a head. But not just any head. A very famous human head–severed and snugged away in a cryonic container. A head that could spark a revolution and change the course of history....

Naked Fear

Naked Fear
  • Author(s): Richard Newell Smith
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

One moment Annie Roszkowski’s closing the bar at Sitka Lillie’s and sharing a cup of coffee with the last customer; the next moment she’s running naked across a barren Alaskan island pursued by three wealthy hunters and a pack...

Narrowboat

Narrowboat
  • Author(s): L T C Rolt
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

First published in 1944, and now reissued with a new section of black and white plates, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English...

Never Somewhere Else

Never Somewhere Else
  • Author(s): Alex Gray
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in the investigation, Lorimer is forced to enlist the services...

News from Berlin

News from Berlin
  • Author(s): Otto de Kat
  • Location(s): Berlin, Switzerland
  • Genre(s): Novella
  • Era(s): 1941

June 1941. Dutch diplomat Oscar Verschuur has been posted to neutral Switzerland. His family is spread across Europe. His wife Kate works as a nurse in London and their daughter Emma is living in Berlin with her husband Carl,...

Night Passage

Night Passage
  • Author(s): Robert B Parker
  • Location(s): Massachusetts
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Told in short, crisp chapters, it’s the story of Jesse Stone, a 34-year-old ex-cop who just lost his LAPD job and his marriage due to a drinking problem. The book opens as Stone leaves California for his new job...

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