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When the Stars Go Dark

When the Stars Go Dark
  • Author(s): Paula McLain
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Anna Hart is a missing persons detective in San Francisco. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved...

The Artist Colony

The Artist Colony
  • Author(s): Joanna FitzPatrick
  • Location(s): Carmel-by-the-Sea
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

July 1924. Sarah Cunningham, a young Modernist painter, arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea from Paris to bury her older sister, Ada Belle. En route, she is shocked to learn that Ada Belle’s suspicious death is a suicide. But why kill herself?...

The Follower

The Follower
  • Author(s): Nicholas Bowling
  • Location(s): Northern California
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
  • Era(s): N/A

Twin Peaks meets Welcome to Night Vale in this surreal, supernatural thriller by a Costa-shortlisted author “Gripping, compelling and otherworldly” – DAVID QUANTICK When her twin brother goes missing in Northern California, Vivian Owens follows his trail to the...

Massage World: The Novel

Massage World: The Novel
  • Author(s): Eric Madeen
  • Location(s): Japan, Southern California
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Postmodern present

Massage World is a crime thriller that concerns a massage therapist striving to open a straight, grandiose health spa against the wishes of a wild man from the shady side of the industry who takes her business over with...

Outrun the Moon

Outrun the Moon
  • Author(s): Stacey Lee
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1906

From the author of the critically acclaimed Under a Painted Sky, an unforgettable story of determination set against a backdrop of devastating tragedy. Perfect for fans of Code Name Verity. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for...

While We Were Dating

While We Were Dating
  • Author(s): Jasmine Guillory
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can a Hollywood romance work in the real world? Ben Stephens has never been one to mix business and pleasure, but when he lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star, Anna Gardiner, and it turns out she’s as...

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
  • Author(s): K M Jackson
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

USA Today bestselling author K.M. Jackson delivers a hilarious road-trip rom-com perfect for fans of Meet Cute and When Harry Met Sally. Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot....

The 57 Bus

The 57 Bus
  • Author(s): Dashka Slater
  • Location(s): Oakland, California
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 2013, 21st century

Winner of the Stonewall Young Adult Literature Award One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both their lives forever. Two teenagers growing up in Oakland, California. One, Sasha, was born male but...

The Disappearing Act

The Disappearing Act
  • Author(s): Catherine Steadman
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A woman has gone missing But did she ever really exist? Mia Eliot has travelled from London to LA for pilot season. This is her big chance to make it as an actor in Hollywood, and she is ready...

War and Millie McGonigle

War and Millie McGonigle
  • Author(s): Karen Cushman
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1941, WW2

The Newbery Award-winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife’s Apprentice tells a heartfelt and humorous story of WWII on the homefront. Millie McGonigle lives in sunny California, where her days are filled with beach and surf. It...

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