This book is part of his multi-generational Courtney Novels series, that focuses on a story of love, betrayal, and political turmoil in war-torn Africa.Â
The novel is a swashbuckling maritime adventure set in 1667 during the naval war between the Dutch and the English. It features the characters Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, who are on patrol off the Southern African coast, seeking a Dutch East India Company galleon laden with treasure. The story is rich in historical detail and explores themes of honor, loyalty, betrayal, and the quest for justice and vengeance.Â
The fifth book in his popular Ancient Egypt series. The story continues the adventures of the multi-talented eunuch and advisor Taita as he devises a bold plan to crush Egypt's enemies, the Hyksos.Â
An elderly, retired architect living a peaceful life in Switzerland. His quiet existence is interrupted when he discovers that his most significant building, Marlowe House—a 1960s tower block in south London—is scheduled for demolition. Outraged, Otto returns to London for the first time in twenty-five years, determined to save his work. The story is described as a funny, moving, and heartwarming journey of love, regret, and moving on.
The plot involves a police investigator named Rouge Kendall whose twin sister was murdered years earlier. The present-day disappearance of two young girls brings back terrifying memories and leads him to connect the cases with a local academy and a past conviction.
The story follows Gianluca, a man whose high-pressure city life and marriage have failed to satisfy him. He flees to the Amalfi Coast of Italy to his family's restored Palazzo Montelimone in search of purpose. There, he encounters eccentric friends and the ghosts of a murderous past, forcing him to unravel a long-buried mystery and face his greatest fears.
Inspired by a true story, the novel is an epic set in Stalin's Russia shortly after World War II. It begins with the deaths of a teenage boy and girl, children of prominent leaders, in Moscow. The subsequent investigation, directed by Stalin, becomes a terrifying witch-hunt that uncovers illicit love affairs and family secrets, with severe consequences for those involved.
The story follows William Sandberg, a brilliant but troubled former military cryptologist whose life is in ruins after the collapse of his career and marriage. He is abruptly abducted by a shadowy, top-secret organization and given an impossible task: decode a hidden message within the human DNA sequence.
The stakes are raised when a potent and deadly virus begins to spread rapidly around the world, causing thousands of deaths. William's ex-wife, Christina, suspects foul play in his disappearance and begins her own investigation, which leads her to a mysterious chateau in the Alps, where the organization is operating.Â
The story is set at Tranquillum House, a remote health-and-wellness resort. Nine stressed city dwellers arrive seeking a total transformation, without their phones or cars, effectively cutting them off from the outside world. Overseeing the retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman with a dark and unexpected agenda for her guests. The novel is a psychological thriller that mixes humor with suspense and has been praised for its witty characters and twisty plot.
The novel is an environmental fiction story that follows Mia Landan, a woman recovering from breast cancer and the shock of her husband's infidelity. She flees her Charleston home for a remote cabin in the North Carolina mountains, where she finds the journal of a 1920s fly fisher named Kate Watkins. Inspired by Kate's story and wise words comparing life to a river, Mia begins a journey of healing, self-discovery, and forgiveness.
When Savage and Akira meet, they are shocked to realize they both have vivid memories of seeing the other die in a past assignment, a shared history that is undeniably false. As they join forces with Rachel and evade pursuit by unknown adversaries, they work to solve the mystery of their jumbled memories, a phenomenon Savage identifies as jamais vu. Their investigation points to a conspiracy involving experimental brain surgery, hypnosis, and the CIA, ultimately leading them to Japan to confront a truth that could shatter their reality.
The novel is a mystery that follows Cassandra Brooks, a water diviner and schoolteacher in upstate New York, who discovers what she believes is the body of a young girl in the woods. When authorities arrive, the body has vanished, prompting a tale of self-discovery, dark forebodings, and an "unorthodox murder mystery".
The novel is a spellbinding story of love, loyalty, and family ties that follows Romy, a young woman who, at 19, still remembers the injustice of her family's violent eviction from their isolated tenant farm, Middlemere, years earlier. Determined to restore her family's fortunes and provide a better life for her mother and brother, she schemes to recover what she believes is rightfully theirs. A chance encounter with the owner of a London hotel changes her life forever as she navigates her quest for justice and forgiveness.
Set in present-day Hong Kong, the novel follows the lives of three American women—Mercy, Margaret, and Hilary—who are part of the expatriate community. An unspeakable tragedy links two of the women and their individual perspectives are woven together, exploring themes of motherhood, grief, identity, privilege, and belonging in a foreign land.
he narrative, a sweeping epic covering the 1920s and 1930s, begins in Boston where Joe Coughlin, the son of a prominent police captain, progresses from a small-time thief to a formidable figure in organized crime. A pivotal early plot point involves his ill-fated love affair with Emma Gould, the mistress of a powerful Irish mob boss, which forces Joe to leave Boston and eventually join a rival Italian gang.
His journey takes him to the Latin Quarter of Tampa, Florida, and later to Cuba, where he becomes a successful rum runner and oversees a large criminal empire. The story explores themes of family, loyalty, betrayal, and redemption, placing Joe in a world of violence, crooked cops, Klansmen, and real-life crime kingpins like Lucky Luciano. The novel is critically acclaimed for its rich character development, engrossing plot twists, and atmospheric depiction of the Prohibition era.
Drawing on her time as a newspaper reporter in East London during the actual Blitz, Molly Lefebure brings a strong sense of realism to the story, conveying both the destruction of the city and the everyday humor and absurdity found even in wartime
