A classic spy novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is le Carre's third novel and one that helped cement his name as one of the finest espionage novelists. This novel is the story of Alex Leamus. It's the 60's and he's been working in Germany, spying for Britain against the Communists on …
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When Lane Roanoke was 15 her mother killed herself, and she was taken to Kansas to live with her grandparents at their large country home. There she also met her cousin Allegra who told her that all Roanoke girls either run away or die. The home is beautiful, her grandfather is handsome and kind and …
On a workplace team building exercise, five women head into the bush in Australia. At the end of the trip, only four emerge. As the women start to tell their story, it's clear that someone is lying. What really happened on that trip? Did someone find out that the missing woman was also an informant …
Lis London is starting a new life. Leaving behind a school where she's been bullied and unhappy, she's moving from Wales to Yorkshire to live with her sister. She's bought all new clothes, her sisters home is beautiful, and she soon finds herself taken under the wing of the most popular girl at school, Laura. …
Elsie is sent away from London to avoid gossip and scandal when her wealthy husband dies just months after their marriage. Grieving and pregnant, she goes to her husbands crumbling family estate, the place where he mysteriously died, and where she must live with only the few servants and his dull cousin for company. But …
Subtitled, "A tale of mystery, suspense and romance in the 16th century court of Suleyman the Magnificent", this book is the self-published work and long time dream of a brother and sister writing team. The story was an idea that the siblings thought of during their younger years, 40 years ago, and have nurtured til …
Continue reading The Jinn and The Sword by Robert Truss Peacock and Sara Lawrence Cook
Kate Youngblood outwardly has it all. She's a well respected professor, wrote a critically acclaimed first novel, and has a good home and friends. But underneath, she's reaching her late thirties and feels lost. Her husband has left her for a younger woman, she fears her first book might be the best writing she'll ever …
Penned by the author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, this book is the story of another Victorian crime which was notorious in it's time, The Plaistow Tragedy of 1895. Two boys, 12 and 13 years old, told neighbors and friends that their mother had gone to Liverpool and proceeded to attend cricket …
Continue reading The Wicked Boy: An Infamous Murder in Victorian London by Kate Summerscale
In a dystopian future, 2044, the world is a crumbling mess, with most people incredibly poor. Wade Watts is an orphaned teen who essentially lives online via the OASIS, a virtual reality construct that's more appealing than the real world. He attends high school there and has one friend, who shares his love of a …
Cara Walden is the beautiful starlet daughter of a well known Hollywood director, who flees to London with her half brother Gray when he's targeted by the Hollywood Blacklist. He's fleeing political persecution, and she's fleeing the memory of an affair that left her used and pregnant. In London, they fall in with Left Wing …
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