- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1961 and 2012
The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story. Despite exhaustive...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1800s
Featured in fiction: The Financial Times Best Books of 2015 Only weeks into their marriage a young couple embark on a six-month period of separation. Tom Cavendish goes to Japan to build lighthouses and his wife Ally, Doctor Moberley-Cavendish,...
- Location(s): Rome, Syracuse
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
An electrifying novel about marriage and deceit from bestselling author Delia Ephron that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dark secrets past and present collide in Sleepless. A haunting novel of guilt and retribution from Romy Hausmann, the international bestselling author of Dear Child. It’s been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Food and Drink, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Esteemed food critic and writer Matthew Fort takes to his Vespa in search of Sicily’s culinary delights.
- Location(s): Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1910 - 1950s
Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), The Dragon Lady tells Ginie’s extraordinary story, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg. From the glamorous Italian Riviera...
- Location(s): Vienna
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
A 17 year old innocent English girl arrives in Vienna in 1937, to train at the prestigious music academy. She enjoys the sights and sounds of Vienna, and falls in love. However as the threat of war become ever...
- Location(s): Brisbane, Cornwall, London
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1913-2005
A well crafted and multi layered novel – it spans three generations and almost a whole century, going back and forth over time as Nell’s abandonment is explored.From the wilds of Cornwall, the slums of London, to the suburbs...
The Friendship Highway: Two Journeys in Tibet
- Location(s): Tibet
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): Various
Tibet was not just on the horizon, it capped it. Four thousand metres above this city was a country of stone and ice, and, even though it was officially closed, there was still a way in. A compelling and...
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Set on fictional Cormorant Island, off the coast of Connemara. On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges....
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