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5 Peppermint Grove

5 Peppermint Grove
  • Author(s): Michelle Walsh Jackson
  • Location(s): Dublin, Perth
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 2011/2012

Emigration, emigration, emigration . . . Ruth Travers is leaving Ireland like so many of the Irish Diaspora who have gone before her. But, instead of a coffin ship, she’s travelling business class on a Boeing 777 and will...

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Author(s): Amor Towles
  • Location(s): Moscow
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving...

A Handful of Rice

A Handful of Rice
  • Author(s): Kamala Markandaya
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

“Hey you!” he wanted to shout, but he could not: you had to get in the habit of it first, he thought, and you didn’t acquire the habit until you were on the up-and-up, not down and out like...

A Heart Bent Out of Shape

A Heart Bent Out of Shape
  • Author(s): Emylia Hall
  • Location(s): Lausanne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

For Hadley Dunn, life so far has been uneventful – no great loves, no searing losses. But that’s before she decides to spend a year studying in the glittering Swiss city of Lausanne, a place that feels alive with...

A Night on the Orient Express

A Night on the Orient Express
  • Author(s): Veronica Henry
  • Location(s): Europe
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

For one group of passengers settling in to their seats and taking their first sips of champagne, the journey from London to Venice is more than the trip of a lifetime. A mysterious errand: a promise made to a...

A Parachute in the Lime Tree

A Parachute in the Lime Tree
  • Author(s): Annemarie Neary
  • Location(s): Berlin, Brittany, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1938-41

April 1941. German bombers are in the air, about to attack Belfast. Oskar is a Luftwaffe conscript whose sweetheart, Elsa, was forced to flee Berlin for Ireland two years before. War-weary, he longs for escape. In remote Dunkerin, Kitty...

A Summer Reunion

A Summer Reunion
  • Author(s): Fanny Blake
  • 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...

Alarm Girl

Alarm Girl
  • Author(s): Hannah Vincent
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When 11-year-old Indigo and her older brother Robin arrive in South Africa to stay with their father, they find a luxury lifestyle that is a world away from their modest existence back in England. But Indigo is uneasy in...

Alex

Alex
  • Author(s): Pierre Lemaitre
  • Location(s): France, Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prévost – beautiful, resourceful, tough – may be no ordinary victim, but her time is...

All The Flowers in Shanghai

All The Flowers in Shanghai
  • Author(s): Duncan Jepson
  • Location(s): Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

In 1930s Shanghai, following the path of duty takes precedence over personal desires for every young Chinese woman. For Feng, that means becoming the bride of a wealthy businessman in a marriage arranged by her parents. In the enclosed...

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