The psychological thriller debut of No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her...
City and Town life
- Author:Läckberg, CamillaSummary:
- Author:Forna, AminattaSummary:
Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of...
- Author:Seth, VikramSummary:
Written in verse, The Golden Gate was Vikram Seth's first novel, before the epic a suitable boy. Set in the eighties in the affluence and sunshine of California's Silicon Valley, it is an exuberant and witty story of twenty-...
- Author:Fleming, AnneSummary:
When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building. Rumor says there's a goat living on the roof...
- Author:Eliopulos, AndrewSummary:
A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch fans of Rainbow Rowell and Maggie Stiefvater. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia--...
- Author:Fitzpatrick, JamieSummary:
In The End of Music, Jamie Fitzpatrick's two mesmerizing, interwoven narratives circle the lives of Joyce, a modern young woman navigating the fraught social mores of a small town in its post-war heyday, and her son, Carter, more...
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets-can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Alexander McCall Smith brings his peerless wit to this second entry featuring a motley collection of residents in London's Pimlico neighborhood. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his...
- Author:Whitson, Audrey J.Summary:
"The book surrounds the death of Annie, who is the water diviner in a small Alberta farm town. It is told for the points of view of the townspeople, and even Annie, as they react to her death and reflect on her life. The town is...
- Author:Chesnutt, Charles W.Summary:
When former Confederate officer Colonel French returns to his North Carolina hometown after building his fortune in the North, he is a new man. He intends to create better economic conditions for those who have only known hardship. But...
- Author:Koontz, DeanSummary:
There are millions of stories in the city - some magical, some tragic, others terror-filled or triumphant. Jonah Kirk's story is all of those things as he draws readers into his life in the city as a young boy, introducing his...
- Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and...
- Author:Colgan, JennySummary:
Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling...
- Author:Hawkins, KarenSummary:
Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books live, breathe, and sometimes even speak. As the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps place every book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however...
- Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
Presents Mysteries of Winterthurn, Part Three.
- Author:Sarcone-Roach, JuliaSummary:
By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich.
But you may not know how it happened.
So let me tell you.
It all started with the bear . . .So begins Julia Sarcone-Roach’s delicious tale of a bear,...
- Author:Wingate, LisaSummary:
An adventurous tomboy since childhood, big city reporter Colleen Collins admits she knows next to nothing about cooking and the intricacies of food preparation. So she's not happy when she's given an assignment writing articles about...
- Author:Maupin, ArmisteadSummary:
- Author:Wyatt, RachelSummary:
Veteran author Rachel Wyatt is at her very best as she exposes the fears, desires and prejudices of the human condition, with subtle sensitivity and ruthless steel.
Candace Alison Wilson is missing.
As the hours since her... - Author:LEACOCK, StephenSummary:
A collection of short stories centering on Mariposa, a fictional Mid-West American turn-of-the-century town. This is a gentle journey through a past era, filled with quiet humour and insightful observations of the human condition.