- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska and inspiration from a Russian fairytale Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start for themselves in a homestead ‘at the world’s edge’ in the...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
Escaping an unhappy marriage and an unsatisfactory job, Cassie Holloway moves to the little Australian coastal town of Whitby Point. There she meets the Aquino family, whose fishing business was founded by their ancestor, Giuseppe, an Italian immigrant, some...
Wed, Then Dead on The Ghan (Celebrant Sleuth series)
- Location(s): The Outback, Australia
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Current day
Sleuth Quinn is on ‘The Ghan’ booked to celebrate a ‘real”wedding at the sunrise breakfast stop out in the Australian desert at Marla. But things go wrong. The train manager has devised an Agatha Christie role-playing mystery to attract...
- Location(s): Whitstable
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Discover the Whitstable Pearl mysteries: a combination of seafood, murder, and a multi-tasking heroine on the coast of Kent . . . A controversial new property development is planned in Whitstable which will encroach upon the green open space...
- Location(s): Beijing (Peking), Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half of the 20th Century
A young woman travels from Edinburgh to Peking in the early 20th century,and writes about her experiences in diary form. She is trapped in a loveless marriage to a stiff and conventional man, and then falls in love with...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A country at war with itself, a family divided and betrayed, a bond that can never be broken… Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where...
- Location(s): Pembrokeshire
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time. When Ella invites them to stay for a week in...
- Location(s): Java, St Mawes
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
Jenni is a ghost writer. It’s a job that suits her well. Still haunted by a childhood tragedy, she finds it easier to take refuge in the memories of others than to dwell on her own. Klara was a...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
There is something very old-fashioned and reassuring about Salley Vickers’ novel Miss Garnet’s Angel. The themes, self-discovery and redemption have the air of a bygone age, despite the novel being set in contemporary Venice in a world of holiday...
- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
The story of Lin, his travels, trials, the dilemmas he faces and relationships he builds with individuals as he moves through the slums of Mumbai (with a side trip to Afghanistan)- a truly enthralling and captivating book.
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