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Spanish Lavender

Spanish Lavender
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1937 Spanish Civil War

‘Spanish Lavender’ is a love story set in the Spanish Civil War. The war has been raging for months and now Elizabeth and her parents have been ordered to leave Spain and return to Britain. The young English woman...

It Started With Malaga

It Started With Malaga
  • Author(s): Karen O’Connor
  • Location(s): Málaga, Southern Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): April 2024

Karen tags along with her son who is on a work trip to Marbella, Spain. But she checks out nearby Malaga and stays there while he is at is conference. She reads all she can in the six weeks...

Between the Sierra and the Sea

Between the Sierra and the Sea
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s onwards

It’s January 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Elizabeth, a young English girl decides to remain in Spain when the rest of her family return to the peace of England. Alone in the devastated city of Malaga she makes friends...

The Outsiders

The Outsiders
  • Author(s): Gerald Seymour
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The story is esssentiall set in Spain, Malaga on the Costa Del Sol, with roots in Budapest in earlier days – there a young member of a British covert team was brutally kicked to death. There are no witnesses...

Connectedness

Connectedness
  • Author(s): Sandra Danby
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Now, and the 1980s

TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, ARTIST JUSTINE TREE HAS IT ALL… BUT SHE ALWAYS HAS A SECRET THAT THREATENS TO DESTROY EVERYTHING Justine’s art sells around the world, but does anyone truly know her? When her mother dies, she returns...

Dark Heart

Dark Heart
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

When a well known film star is murdered during the Málaga Film Festival, the Guardia Civil turn once more to Jacaranda Dunne and her team for help. Although Jacaranda—known to everyone as JD—is still basking in the success of...

Málaga: A Comprehensive Guide to Spain’s Most Hospitable City

Málaga: A Comprehensive Guide to Spain’s Most Hospitable City
  • Author(s): Thomas Martin
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Culture
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Too often overlooked by discerning travellers, Málaga is one of Spain’s most delightful destinations. It’s a city steeped in history stretching back millennia, the centre of a centuries-old wine region, home to dozens of museums and galleries, full of...

Sophie is Still Missing

Sophie is Still Missing
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

Jacaranda Dunne—known to everyone as JD—is an ex-Metropolitan police officer who has moved to Málaga to open a detective agency. At first, the work is routine, missing dogs, stolen passports and unfaithful husbands. Then one day a woman bursts...

Strawberry Moon

Strawberry Moon
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga, Gibraltar
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

On Midsummer’s Eve the bodies of two young gypsies are found in a solitary spot near a beach in Málaga. It looks like the couple committed suicide—a lovers’ pact to end it all—and the police are quick to close...

The Apothecary

The Apothecary
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 11th century

When the caliph of Málaga dies under strange circumstances, Umar, a soldier in his army, believes it was murder. He decides to investigate the ruler’s death even though it may result in his own. When Umar starts to ask...

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