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Tin Man

Tin Man
  • Author(s): Sarah Winman
  • Location(s): Oxford, London, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things. And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael, who...

To Defy a King

To Defy a King
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th Century

The privileged daughter of one of the most powerful men in England, Mahelt Marshal’s life changes dramatically when her father is suspected of treachery by King John. Her brothers become hostages and Mahelt is married to Hugh Bigod, heir...

To Lahore, With Love

To Lahore, With Love
  • Author(s): Hina Belitz
  • Location(s): London, Lahore
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Addy Mayford has always struggled with her identity. Brought up in a household of stories, food and faith by her Irish mother and Pakistani Nana, she feels constantly torn between the two sides of her upbringing. Since the death...

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  • Author(s): Kate Atkinson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1940s/1950s/1981

In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, she discovers the work to be by...

Tregunna

Tregunna
  • Author(s): Carla Vermaat
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

In a farmhouse on the Camel estuary in Cornwall, a 5-year old girl finds her parents brutally slaughtered. Fifteen years later the house is deserted and the killing still remains a mystery. Then the body of a 50-year old...

Trembleath

Trembleath
  • Author(s): Ruth Shedwick
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Amelia Scott is a young woman trying to re-build her life in Southern England following a disastrous relationship. It was going to be an adventure, but when there’s news of a young girl found dead and another goes missing,...

Trinity

Trinity
  • Author(s): Nigel May
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Move over Jackie Collins, there’s a new blockbuster star in town.’ New! Magazine ‘An addictive plot that is packed with twists and turns. Prepare for larger than life characters, fabulous locations and plenty of humour.’ The Sun When friends...

Truly, Darkly, Deeply

Truly, Darkly, Deeply
  • Author(s): Victoria Selman
  • Location(s): North London
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980s/early 2000s

12-year-old Sophie and her mother, Amelia-Rose, move to London from Massachusetts where they meet the charismatic Matty Melgren, who quickly becomes an intrinsic part of their lives. But as the relationship between the two adults fractures, a serial killer...

Tuesday’s Gone

Tuesday’s Gone
  • Author(s): Nicci French
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A man’s decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder. The police don’t know who it is, how he got there or what happened – and...

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision
  • Author(s): Keith Lowe
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Andy’s obsession with the London Underground is interfering with his life. On the eve of his wedding, he makes a drunken bet that challenges him to travel through every single Tube station in just one day. Only by completing...

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