- 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.
1794 The City Between the Bridges
- Location(s): Stockholm
- Genre(s): Historical, Noir, Thriller
- Era(s): 1794
The year is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in hospital. Some think he would be just at home in the madhouse across the road. Ridden with guilt, he spends his nights writing down memories of his...
500 Walks with Writers, Artists and Musicians
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Literary Travel, Nonfiction
- Era(s): N/A
Explore the diverse cultural and historical legacy of the world’s greatest writers, artists and composers on foot. This unique trans-continental culture trip around the world presents a series of inspiring walks, treks, and hikes that vary between easy one-hour strolls, half...
- Location(s): Delhi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
My boyfriend died when I was twenty-one. His body was left lying broken in the highway out of Delhi while the sun rose in the desert to the east. I wasn’t there, I never saw it. But plenty of...
- Location(s): Wyoming
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1880s
Widower Connor Maguire advertises for a wife to raise his young daughter, Bridget, work the homestead and bear him a son. Ellen O’Sullivan longs for a home, a husband and a family. On paper, she is everything Connor needs...
A Body At Lavender Cottage (Kate Palmer #6)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nurse Kate Palmer is Cornwall’s answer to Miss Marple! But when a body turns up in her own garden can Kate solve the crime? Or is the murder a bit too close to home? Kate Palmer is stunned when...
A Body At The Altar (Kate Palmer book #4)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Jilted grooms, sudden deaths, broken hearts and threatening letters. All in a day’s work for super sleuth Kate Palmer! Nurse Kate Palmer thought the pretty Cornish village of Tinworthy would be the perfect place for a peaceful retirement. She...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nurse Kate Palmer is Cornwall’s answer to Miss Marple… but when she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time can she prove her innocence and solve her most puzzling case yet? Kate Palmer thought the pretty Cornish...
A Brief History of Seven Killings
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1975
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015 JAMAICA, 1976 Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley’s house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes...
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