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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
  • Author(s): Mirinae Lee
  • Location(s): East Asia, North East Asia, South East Asia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present looking back

SLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER. At the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. So when elderly Ms Mook first begins to unspool her memories, the obituarist listening to her...

A Trace of Sun

A Trace of Sun
  • Author(s): Pam Williams
  • Location(s): England, Grenada
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘An unflinching look at one family’s experience of immigration, exploring mental health, identity and family’ Louise Hare ‘Don’t go Mammy please.’ Stuttered words filled her ears, sent frissons of guilt through her as she bent over him; held him...

The Kitchen

The Kitchen
  • Author(s): Simone Buchholz
  • Location(s): Hamburg
  • Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women … as a startling, horrifying series of revelations emerge. When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the...

Love on the Island

Love on the Island
  • Author(s): Jo Lyons
  • Location(s): Gulf of Mexico
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Love on the Island is a funny, fast-paced romantic comedy about a woman’s journey of self-discovery, personal growth and trying hard to avoid public meltdowns on prime-time TV. The most adventurous thing committed primary school teacher and professional nosy...

The Coach Trip

The Coach Trip
  • Author(s): Jo Lyons
  • Location(s): L'Albir, Costa Blanca
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After suddenly losing her job, dedicated workaholic and chronic people-pleaser, Nell, is on the trip of a lifetime in search of something to spark joy – green tea, kale smoothies and wall pilates aren’t quite doing it. During a...

Your Place or Mine?

Your Place or Mine?
  • Author(s): Jo Lyons
  • Location(s): Southern Spain
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

If Mills & Boon making A Place in the Sun and casting Ryan Reynolds as the main TV presenter floats your boat, then this riotous, behind-the-scenes, enemies to lovers summer sizzler is definitely for you! He’s a pompous show-off...

The Landscape of Loneliness

The Landscape of Loneliness
  • Author(s): Brigita Orel
  • Location(s): Slovenia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

To find herself, Nina must first unravel her past. After eight years abroad, twenty-nine-year-old Nina returns home to Slovenia to attend to her ill father. Plagued by painful childhood memories, poor health, and a broken heart, she struggles to...

Return to Blood

Return to Blood
  • Author(s): Michael Bennett
  • Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of...

A Mystery On Tyneside

A Mystery On Tyneside
  • Author(s): Eileen Thornton
  • Location(s): Tyneside
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Agnes Lockwood Mysteries Book 4) Agnes Lockwood is no stranger to crime scenes, but even she is shocked when she finds the body of a man lying on the floor of the ladies’ room. With her partner Alan –...

The Orange House

The Orange House
  • Author(s): Isabelle Broom
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

HENRY AND VIOLET FELL IN LOVE HERE. AND SO WILL YOU. Henry and Violet first met in the garden of The Orange House on the beautiful island of Majorca. They promised their lives to each other, poured their love...

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