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The Spy Across The Water

The Spy Across The Water
  • Author(s): James Naughtie
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980s

From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie’s brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together forever through espionage. We live with our history, but it...

The Tiger Catcher

The Tiger Catcher
  • Author(s): Paullina Simons
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance

Can true love ever die? Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes after he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious young woman named...

The Vernazza Effect

The Vernazza Effect
  • Author(s): Roberta R Carr
  • Location(s): San Francisco, Cinque Terre
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern day

Twenty-nine-year-old Ella Walker strives to live her best life. When tragedy strikes at both work and home, her world spirals out of control. She confides in her best friend, Tara Collins, who helps her confront her fears. With Tara...

The Wind is not a River

The Wind is not a River
  • Author(s): Brian Payton
  • Location(s): Alaska, The Aleutian Islands
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940s

April 1943. In the bloody turmoil of war, John Easley, a journalist mourning his lost brother, is driven to expose a hidden and growing conflict: the Japanese invasion and occupation of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. But when his plane is...

The Women

The Women
  • Author(s): Kristin Hannah
  • Location(s): Vietnam, Coronado Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1960s/1970s

It would be the journey of a lifetime . . . ‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered...

Titian’s Boatman

Titian’s Boatman
  • Author(s): Victoria Blake
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC), Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century and 2011

It is 1576 and Venice is in chaos, ravaged by plague and overrun by crime. In the midst of the anarchy we find those brave souls who have chosen not to flee the city. Titian, most celebrated of Venetian...

Waiting For Aegina

Waiting For Aegina
  • Author(s): Effie Kammenou
  • Location(s): Greece, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st Century

Book Two in The Gift Saga: The continuation of Evanthia’s Gift… In 1961, five little girls moved into a suburban neighborhood and became inseparable, lifelong friends. They called themselves the ‘Honey Hill Girls,’ named after the street on which...

Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral

Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral
  • Author(s): Charles Siebert
  • Location(s): Brooklyn, Québec
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“Outside my window, the city lights are taking hold now, the breeze-brushed, gently pulsating grid. Why is a cemented aggregate of homes arranged in a tall, tight cluster any further from nature than one wood home within the woods?...

Widow’s Island

Widow’s Island
  • Author(s): L A Larkin
  • Location(s): Seattle, Washington State
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Suspense
  • Era(s): current

Her heart beats fast in her chest as she cautiously opens the front door and takes in the smashed plates on the kitchen floor and upended furniture. She follows the trail of red droplets on the floor, knowing what...

Wildflower Graves

Wildflower Graves
  • Author(s): Rita Herron
  • Location(s): Georgia, Appalachian Mountains
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Detective Ellie Reeves heads into the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains when she wants to get lost––to forget the whispers chasing her and the past that keeps her up at night. She’s sick of having to prove herself to...

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