Books set in England (245)


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221.

There But for the by Ali Smith EN

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Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
Description:
Imagine that this stranger goes upstairs halfway through the dinner party and locks himself in one of your bedrooms and won't come out. Imagine you can't move him for days, weeks, months. If ever. This is what Miles does, in a chi-chi house in the historic borough of Greenwich, in the year 2009-2010.

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Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, comes a novella and three stories of immediate power and grace 'A superbly crafted and deeply moving collection of fiction...underscores [McCann's] reputation as a contemporary master' Kirkus 'Separate and together, these four works prove McCann a master with a poet's ear, a psychologist's understanding, and a humanitarian's conscience' Publishers Weekly _______________________ A story in this collection has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG short story award As it was, it was like... continue

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This Census-taker by China Miéville EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
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"After his mother goes missing, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged father. When an odd man knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over. But will this stranger at last trigger the doom the boy has feared or will he somehow save the boy from the worst?"--

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Thornhill by Pam Smy EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"--


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To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
Description:
When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Grant to discover whether he accidentally drowned, committed suicide, or met his death at the hands of one of his many female admirers.

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Tragedia en tres actos by Agatha Christie ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
La muerte de un anciano es atribuida a causas naturales hasta que envenenamiento de un famoso médico hace surgir la sospecha de que se trata, en realidad, de dos crímenes. Dos amigos de las víctimas inician una investigación por su cuenta para dilucidar el misterio, pero deberán recurrir al inefable Hércules Poirot, cuya intervención resultará decisiva para descubrir al astuto asesino.

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Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Twenty years after Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and d’Artagnan went their separate ways, the new cardinal, Mazarin, asks d’Artagnan to find his three friends and enlist them to help Mazarin during the Fronde civil war. Only Porthos accepts, and the four musketeers soon find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. This cannot, of course, last very long, and they ultimately join forces in England to try to rescue Charles I from Cromwell. Along the way, they are discovered and pursued by the son of Milady, their diabolical female adversary from The Three Musketeers. Though not as well known as t... continue

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Tyger by SF Said EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Lebanon flag Lebanon
Description:
2023 British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year From award-winning author SF Said comes a compelling middle-grade alternate history novel about a world on the brink of destruction and the magical animal that just might be able to save it—for fans of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. "There are three doors that I may show you. You will find a different kind of power behind each one..." Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A tyger. And the tyger is in danger. Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to hel... continue

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Unnatural Death

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
The wealthy old woman was dead -- a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of amour -- staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. "Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the historical importance aside, it remains an absorbing and charming story today."