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Redhead by the Side of the Road

Redhead by the Side of the Road
  • Author(s): Anne Tyler
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands...

Wanderers

Wanderers
  • Author(s): Edward Belfar
  • Location(s): Baltimore, Kenya, Rome
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

A collection of short stories that focus exquisitely on humanity.

A Spool of Blue Thread

A Spool of Blue Thread
  • Author(s): Anne Tyler
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th/21st Century

This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that summer’s day in 1959. The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have...

Baltimore Noir

Baltimore Noir
  • Author(s): Laura Lippman
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

An anthology of stories set in Baltimore,by different writers, with Laura Lippman as editor. Some are noir, some mystery, some crime – every reader will have their favourite.

Digging to America

Digging to America
  • Author(s): Anne Tyler
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting...

Standing in Death’s Shadow

Standing in Death’s Shadow
  • Author(s): Ken Lang
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

A fascinating and revealing read that throws you right into the conflict between the victims, their killers, and the detectives who are tasked to solve their murders. (Ken Lang)

First-Time Caller

First-Time Caller
  • Author(s): B K Borison
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A hopeless romantic meets a demoralized radio host in this cosy, Sleepless in Seattle inspired love story from New York Times Bestselling author of the LOVELIGHT series, B.K. Borison. Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love...

Baltimore Blues

Baltimore Blues
  • Author(s): Laura Lippman
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Until her newspaper, The Baltimore Star, crashed, Tess Monaghan was a first-rate reporter who knew her home town intimately – from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill. Now gainfully unemployed at 29 she’s willing to...

Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy
  • Author(s): Andrew Child, Lee Child
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First – a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from...

French Braid

French Braid
  • Author(s): Anne Tyler
  • Location(s): Baltimore
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

When Mercy Garrett moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice. All she wants is space and silence. No clutter. Not even their cat, Desmond. But it turns out family life is impossible to escape...

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