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Holding On

Holding On
  • Author(s): Mervyn Jones
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1880s-1960s

This is the story of a street in London’s docklands and of a family who lived in it. The street was built in the 1880s, and the Wheelright family (originally dockers) lived there until its tragic demolition in the...

Home Stretch

Home Stretch
  • Author(s): Graham Norton
  • Location(s): Ireland, Liverpool, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1987 onwards

Shame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever. It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group...

Homecoming

Homecoming
  • Author(s): Luan Goldie
  • Location(s): Kenya, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

For years Yvonne has tried to keep her demons buried and focus on moving forward. But her guilt is always with her and weighs heavily on her heart. Kiama has had to grow up without a mother, and while...

Hopeless

Hopeless
  • Author(s): Diane M Dickson
  • Location(s): London, Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

A light-hearted take on a serious topic! The spring Ewan had in his step before heading to London to look for work quickly disappears when his belongings tumble down a drain and he hits his head. Disorientated and befuddled,...

Horace Fox in the City

Horace Fox in the City
  • Author(s): Jaq Hazell
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A fantastically funny adventure from an award-winning author. Horace Fox is being followed. Deadly hit-snake Zigzag McVitie is after him. Horace has been left a swish den in London but evil Badger Burnhard wants it. Can Horace avoid the...

Hot Stew

Hot Stew
  • Author(s): Fiona Mozley
  • Location(s): Soho (London)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

‘Hot Stew reads like a great night out in a city that never sleeps’ Jan Carson ‘Fiona Mozley not only fulfills her promise but surpasses it. Her new stew is such a steaming, fuming mix of life, lust and...

Hotel Babylon

Hotel Babylon
  • Author(s): Imogen Edwards Jones
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules...

House of Cards

House of Cards
  • Author(s): Michael Dobbs
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Political
  • Era(s): 1980s

The bestselling political thriller that introduced the scheming Francis Urguhart – the most memorable politician of the last decade. Francis Urquhart is Chief Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics – and is willing to betray...

House of Shadows

House of Shadows
  • Author(s): Nicola Cornick
  • Location(s): London, Oxfordshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 17th, 19th century, modern

London, 1662: There was something the Winter Queen needed to tell him. She fought for the strength to speak. ‘The crystal mirror is a danger. It must be destroyed – ‘ He replied instantly. ‘It will’. Ashdown, Oxfordshire, present...

How Far We Fall

How Far We Fall
  • Author(s): Jane Shemilt
  • Location(s): London, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The perfect couple Meeting Albie gave Beth a fresh start – a chance to leave her past behind. Now she has her new husband; an ambitious, talented young neurosurgeon. The perfect marriage Their marriage gives Beth the safe haven...

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