- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): early 19th century
Dostoyevsky’s great novel of damnation and redemption evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur. It tells the story of Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, who wanders through the slums of...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
The first book in a totally gripping hard-boiled crime fiction series Undercover detective Sam Batford is through with police budget cuts and ineffectual superiors. But has he gone rogue? He is sent to work with a serious crime team...
Crimson City (Muzaffar Jang, #4)
- Location(s): Delhi
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 17th century - Mughal Empire
A serial killer is terrorizing Dilli and Mughal nobleman and detective Muzaffar Jang might have finally met his match. In the spring of 1657, the Mughal armies have reached the Deccan, besieging the Fort of Bidar. Back home in...
- Location(s): Queensland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
12.46: 13-year-old Claire Bingley stands alone at a bus stop 12.47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her 12.52: The girl is missing . . .Six minutes – that’s all it took to ruin Detective Ted Conkaffey’s life. Accused...
Croatia: A Nation Forged in War
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats’ ‘thousand-year-old dream of independence’. Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter...
CROATIA: Travels in Undiscovered Country
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Turn of the 21st Century
In his travels through Croatia, Tony Fabijancic saw a world of peasants, shepherds and fishermen irrevocably giving way to the new reality of a modern European state. With a deft and sure touch, he records moments that capture the...
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
For the last six years, the playwright and novelist Borivoj Radakovic has invited leading British writers to come to Croatia, and more recently to Serbia, and perform to huge audiences alongside the very best authors from the countries that...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The first Amelia Peabody adventure, in which she comes into her inheritance and decides to see the world. Rescuing Evelyn Barton-Forbes on her way, she arrives in Egypt where they meet Radcliffe Emerson, an archaeologist who doesn’t need help...