- Location(s): Berlin, Buenos Aires
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): 1930s, 1950s
The action switches largely between Berlin in 1932 – and Bernie’s last abandoned case as a police officer when the mutilated body of a spastic teenage girl is discovered – and Buenos Aires in 1950 where he is invited...
- Location(s): LeHigh Valley, Pennsylvania
- Genre(s): Fiction
From the author of A Little Hope—a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick–comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 12th Century
The Court of King Roger in Twelfth century Sicily simmers with the volatile passions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Latins and Greeks. Among them, a young Norman called Thurstan Beauchamp finds employment under Yusuf, a Muslim who holds the Christian...
A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage: The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2014 onwards
When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out across the Atlantic, despite having only sailed a dinghy before. His only companion? His plucky pet hen, Monique. Guirec never intended to sail the...
- Location(s): Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
‘For the first time in my life I felt that death was a possibility; a stupid, pointless, lonely death on the aptly named Mondulkiri Death Highway.’ The Ho Chi Minh Trail is one of the greatest feats of military...
- Location(s): Costa del Sol
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching new thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy, Cast Iron and I’ll Keep You Safe. A SILENT VOW Spain, 2020. When ex-pat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his...
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The temples and teahouses of Kyoto are the scene of a Frenchwoman’s emotional awakening in the stunning new novel by international bestseller Muriel Barbery. Rose has turned 40, but has barely begun to live. When the Japanese father she...
- Location(s): Udupi, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Two sisters. Bound by blood. Torn apart by love. My sister – the glue that held our family together and the gatekeeper to the memories of our shared childhood. The girl I made a pact with – to protect...
- Location(s): St Ives
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
When tragedy brings Merrin McKenzie back to St Ives, she knows adjusting might take time, even with the comfort of Christmas back in her hometown. Stepping back from her career as a solicitor, she agrees to clean holiday rentals...
- Location(s): Mallorca
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Amy, Linda, Kate and Jane were best friends at school. Now, years later, they have grown apart. When Amy discovers her husband has been stealing from her successful interiors business, and with a milestone birthday looming, she decides it...
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