World Reading

Books based in the countries around the world
 

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1. The golden hour: a novel

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Author:
Williams, Beatriz
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
Bahamas
Formats:
Book, Large Print
Description:
"The Bahamas, 1941. Newly-widowed Leonora "Lulu" Randolph arrives in the Bahamas to investigate the Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine. After all, American readers have an insatiable appetite for news of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, that glamorous couple whose love affair nearly brought the British monarch to its knees five years earlier. What more intriguing backdrop for their romance than a wartime Caribbean paradise, a colonial...

2. The lost man

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Author:
Harper, Jane (Jane Elizabeth)
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Notes:
Australia
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." —Stephen King
Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane Harper
Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.
Their third brother,

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3. Nine perfect strangers

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Author:
Moriarty, Liane
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Notes:
Australia
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be. Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist,...