- 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....
- Location(s): Corsica
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th century
Two women divided by a century. A tragic love story buried for four generations. A quest to unravel the past. Corsica 2010 The death of Rachel’s mother leaves unsolved questions about her ancestors. Will Rachel find the answers she desperately...
- Location(s): Paris, Provence
- Era(s): Modern
On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a ‘literary apothecary’, for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only...
- Location(s): Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Later 1970s
In The Long Count, the first book of JM Gulvin’s masterful new crime series, we meet Ranger John Quarrie as he is called to the scene of an apparent suicide by a fellow war veteran. Although the local police want...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Set in India, “The Overnight Palace is a gorgeous and sensual novel, one that readers of all kinds are sure to find enchanting,” says San Francisco Book Review. In exotic Rajasthan, India, bookish Elena seeks the romance and transcendence...
The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie 3)
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain – just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what you have. Bruised in love by her faithless Irish...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
In 1980s Burma, the British ambassador’s son goes missing. Discovered in the north of the country, Michael Atwood is in imminent danger, trapped between sides fighting a bitter civil war and with no way of getting back to Rangoon....
- Location(s): Europe, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s-1970s
JACKIE When her first marriage ends in tragedy, Jackie Kennedy fears she’ll never love again. But all that changes when she encounters… ARI Successful and charming, Ari Onassis is a man who promises her the world. Yet soon after...
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