Amor Towles Pages: 462 Published: 2016
The book: In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced, by a Bolshevik court, to house arrest in the Metrapol Hotel in Moscow.
The Count must now live in a small attic room, and confine his activities to the hotel. He forms unexpected friendships with both staff and guests. One particular friendship will impact his life emotionally more than the revolution itself.
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Wilkie Collins Pages: 627 First published: 1860
The book: Walter Hartright, a drawing master, is walking back to London on a moonlit night when he encounters an unusual woman dressed all in white, to whom he provides assistance. It appears that perhaps she has escaped from an asylum.
Later that week he takes up a new post as drawing tutor to the beautiful Laura Fairlie at Limmeridge House. Laura is engaged to the apparently sinister Sir Percival Glyde.
There seems to be some sort of connection between the woman in white, Limmeridge House, and Sir Percival Glyde.
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Debra Dean Pages: 228 Published: 2006
The book: Marina, an elderly Russian, lives in the USA with her husband. Her granddaughter is getting married. She is trying to live day to day but ordinary tasks become harder and harder as her mind seems to fail her. Life around her is confusing. Her past life in Russia sometimes seems more real than the present. But what exactly happened in the past? What is it that Marina is remembering?
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Anthony Horowitz Pages: 496 Published: 2017
The book: Alan Conway is a successful crime writer who writes in a style inspired by classic crime writers such as Agatha Christie. The main character in his books is detective Atticus Pund, who solves crimes committed mostly in small villages in the British countryside. The manuscript for his latest novel is delivered to his editor, Susan Ryeland, but key pages are missing. Murder is afoot and not just fictional ones, and there are hidden messages in the manuscript. Who is or are the murderers?
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Tommy Orange Pages: 294 Published: 2018
The book: Set in Oakland, California, this is the story of 12 different characters whose lives intersect at the Big Oakland Powwow. Unlike the majority of novels and stories about native Americans, this story focuses on native people living in cities.
The novel deals with multiple themes: the tragic and cruel impact of settlers on native people, what it means to survive and persist, what it means to be native in America today, and what is native culture.
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Scott Fitzgerald Pages: 180 Published originally: 1925
The book: In the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway, a young man from a well-to-do, Midwest family, decides to learn about the bond business and heads for the East coast. Rather than live in New York City, he rents a small home on Long Island. A mysterious and rich Mr. Jay Gatsby lives in the large mansion next door. Gatsby throws huge, extravagant parties. However, nobody seems to know where Gatsby is from or how he made his money. What will Nick learn about Gatsby? How will the summer of 1922 turn out? Read more
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