Armchair Tourist-Fiction That Travels So You Don't Have To

Updated April 20, 2023
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Dear fang, with love
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
Lucas and Katya were boarding school seniors when, blindingly in love, they decided to have a baby. Seventeen years later, after a decade of absence, Lucas is a weekend dad, newly involved in his daughter Vera's life. But after Vera suffers a terrifying psychotic break at a high school party,...
The coroner's lunch
Cotterill, Colin.
Paper Book
The blood strand
Ould, Chris
Paper Book
Having left the Faroes as a child, Jan Reyna is now a British police detective, and the islands are foreign to him. But he is drawn back when his estranged father is found unconscious with a shotgun by his side and someone else's blood at the scene. Then a man's body is washed up on an isolated...
A rising man
Mukherjee, Abir
Paper Book
The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraphcrime writing competition Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post...
The old drift : a novel
Serpell, Namwali
Paper Book
**Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020** 'The great African novel of the twenty-first century' Tade Thompson, author of RosewaterOn the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial...
The other Einstein : a novel
Benedict, Marie
Ebook
From beloved New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes the story of a not-so-famous scientist who not only loved Albert Einstein, but also shaped the theories that brought him lasting renown. In the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Paula McClain, Marie Benedict...
Khan : empire of Silver : a novel of the Khan empire
Iggulden, Conn.
Paper Book
The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty. Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend and his legacy live on. His son Ogedai has built a white city on a great plain and made a capital for the new nation. Now the armies...
A single breath
Clarke, Lucy
Paper Book
*The thrilling new novel from Lucy Clarke, THE HIKE, is available to buy now* The deeper the water, the darker the secrets... There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What stopped me was always the same thing... When...
Bruno, chief of police
Walker, Martin J.
Paper Book
'A thoroughly enjoyable book and the introduction to a great series' 5* READER REVIEW Crime fiction fans worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries. In the first book in this beloved series, read and discover why, and what dark secrets are lurking in the...
The orphan master's son : a novel
Johnson, Adam
Paper Book
- WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - 'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story. Fantastic' ZADIE SMITH The award-winning and New York Times bestselling...
The diver's clothes lie empty
Vida, Vendela.
Paper Book
'Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar. (It's also insanely funny.)' - Lena Dunham
Child 44
Smith, Tom Rob.
Paper Book
Now a major movie, directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman. For fans of Robert Harris, John Le Carre and Martin Cruz Smith comes a gripping thriller set in Moscow, 1953. Under Stalin's terrifying regime families live in fear. When the all...
The shadow of the wind
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
District VIII
LeBor, Adam
Paper Book
Balthazar Kovacs, a detective on Budapest's murder squad, is on the trail of a dead man. Minutes ago, Kovacs received ananonymous SMS showing a body and an address: 26 Republic Square - the formerCommunist Party headquarters and once the most feared building in the...

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