- Location(s): Tunisia
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Love, death, culture clash, escape 1994: Jane has no idea of the horrors in store when she plunges into a new life in North Africa with her recently discovered sister, Crystal. When she falls in love with Ali, she...
- Location(s): Amorgos, Germany, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lucy Fricke‘s Daughters tells the story of two women either side of forty on a road trip across Europe, each of them dealing with difficult fathers along the way. A bestseller and booksellers favourite in Germany, Daughters evokes laughter...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1918, Russian Revolution
From debut author Carolyn Tara O’Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution. Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war–the poor are devouring...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century/WW2
Isabel, born into the British Raj, and Asha, a young Hindu girl, both consider India their home. Mischance will bring them together and drive them from the bustle of Delhi to the shores of the Andaman Islands, from glittering...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Later 18th Century
From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham, as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . ....
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Leila’s...
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): 20th century
Daughters of Spain gives a gripping account of the hard won changes within society for the women of Spain, through the eyes and experiences of the women themselves. I first began to think about writing this book in the...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): c1000BCE
The story of the Siege of Troy from the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra’s points of view – a tale of secrets, passion and revenge from the women behind mythology’s most devastating war. Two sisters parted. Two women...
- Location(s): South Korea, Seoul
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
When twenty-year-old Anna Carlson travels from America to a Korean orphanage to locate her birth mother, she’s devastated to learn the woman is already dead. But just when it seems her search is over, a stranger hands her a...
- Location(s): Chania, Crete
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
This was my home. This harbour and sea. These golden alleys. But the town I grew up in has disappeared. Ri is a successful international artist who has worked in London all her life. When her English husband dies...
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