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With a title like this, I was expecting time travel but, in fact, this is a historical novel set during WWII that brings together three indi...

On Monday, it was time for us to remove to a new neighborhood so we took an Uber to the Princess Hotel near St. Pancras. This was not as n...

It’s 1940, and the women of Lavender Road are trying to cope with bombing, rationing, and other stressful situations as the war continues in...

A Parcel of Rogues begins with Sam, a middle-aged businessman from Oxford, rather lost in London as he searches for his runaway daughter Ma...

Title : The Little Wartime Library Author : Kate Thompson Publication : Hachette, audiobook, 2023 Narrator : Sarah Durham Genre : Historical...

Title : Babbacombe’s Author : Susan Scarlett Publication : Dean Street Press, paperback, 2022 (originally published in 1941) Genre : Fiction...

It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best . We all start at the same place, add six books, and see where ...

Title : Bel Lamington Author : D.E. Stevenson Publication : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, hardcover, 1961 Genre : Fiction Setting : Great Brit...

Title : Codename Charming Author : Lucy Parker Publication : Avon Books, paperback, 2023 Genre : Contemporary Romance Setting : Present-day ...

Last year , I visited Kenwood House , a 17th century stately home next to Hampstead Heath, which was expanded in the 18th century when it be...

Title : A Killing of Innocents Author : Deborah Crombie Publication : William Morrow, hardcover, 2023 Genre : Mystery Setting : Present-day ...

Title : Lavender Road Author : Helen Carey Publication : Orion, hardcover, 1995 Genre : Historical Fiction / Series Setting : South London, ...

Title : England Was an Island Once Author : Elswyth Thane Publication : Harcourt, Brace and Company, hardcover, 1940 Genre : Memoir/History ...

Title : Alias Emma Author : Ava Glass Publication : Bantam Books, hardcover, 2022 Genre : Suspense Setting : Present-day London Description ...

Title : The Dark Author : Sharon Bolton Publication : Orion, paperback, 2022 Genre : Suspense, series Setting : London Description : When a ...

Title : Table Two Author : Marjorie Wilenski Publication : Dean Street Press, paperback, 2019 (originally published in 1942) Genre : Fiction...

Title : Bleeding Heart Yard Author : Elly Griffiths Publication : Houghton Mifflin, hardcover, 2022 Genre : Mystery Setting : Present-day Lo...

Title : The Word is Murder Author : Anthony Horowitz Publication : HarperCollins, audio, originally published in 2017 Narrator : Rory Kinnea...

Title : Bloomsbury Girls Author : Natalie Jenner Publication : St. Martin’s, hardcover, 2022 Genre : Historical Fiction Setting : London, 19...

It was hard to know what to savor on my last day in London. We were asked to do an evaluation of the British Studies program on computers ...