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A Place in the World

A Place in the World
  • Author(s): Amy Maroney
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees, Amsterdam, Aragon, Paris, Switzerland, The Basque Country
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Sixteenth century and modern day (dual timeline)

The secrets of the past are treacherous…and irresistible. A Renaissance-era female artist and an American scholar. Linked by a centuries-old mystery… 1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the...

Gerard Philey’s Euro-Diary: Quest for a Life

Gerard Philey’s Euro-Diary: Quest for a Life
  • Author(s): Brendan James
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Brussels
  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Era(s): 1990s

An outrageous and hilarious romp through the diary of a disillusioned West Midlands teacher turned Amsterdam adult shop manager and his gay German bestie, as they struggle with self-doubt, dodgy doings and dating! “Funny, sad, eye-openingly honest and far...

The Ghost Ship

The Ghost Ship
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Gran Canaria
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 17th Century

Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert...

The Girl with the Red Hair

The Girl with the Red Hair
  • Author(s): Buzzy Jackson
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Haarlem
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940

1940, Amsterdam. You’re nineteen years old. The war has stolen your future and your country is under siege. The people you love are no longer safe. Will you stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip...

The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe

The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe
  • Author(s): Milly Johnson
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Part of the “Quick Reads” series. It only takes one small step to change your life! Lara Cliffe and her three friends are off on a mini break for her hen party. It’s three weeks before her wedding to ’Steady Freddie’, one...

The War Pianist

The War Pianist
  • Author(s): Mandy Robotham
  • Location(s): London, Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives? Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. July, 1940 Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in...

The Apothecary’s House

The Apothecary’s House
  • Author(s): Adrian Mathews
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Various

The Apothecary’s House is a story set in wintery Amsterdam, with a story which stretches back over 250 years. Ruth Braams is an art historian who works on processing claims on artwork stolen by the Nazis during their occupation...

The Fall

The Fall
  • Author(s): Albert Camus
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy...

Puppet on a Chain

Puppet on a Chain
  • Author(s): Alistair MacLean
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

An Amsterdam Affair

An Amsterdam Affair
  • Author(s): Amanda Addison
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Fiction

An Amsterdam Affair follows Sam and her idealistic teenaged son, Matty. Phil, Sam’s husband, is unemployed because of a short-lived affair that cost him his job as a geologist. Sam finds solace in wild swimming and making art in...

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