Julian: 1621 books

In this final novel of an informal quartet, begun with The Other Side of The Orange Grove, If The Full Moon Loves You, Why Worry About The Stars?, and Maqam, Diego Nicari, a travel writer, makes a sojourn to Tunis in order to research his family history. Knowing his great-grandparents and grandfather...

It is the twilight of a continent. After centuries of exploration, innovation, invention and colonial conquests it now faces bank failures, high unemployment and economic collapse. In a cold, blustery corner of Europe - the city of Budapest - a group of misfits are trying to navigate through the changing...

New York City, 1979. Nadja — a new immigrant from Poland, thirty years old, recently divorced, and down to her last dollar — wonders how she’s going to make ends meet and care for her children. He is a thirteen year old boy, sitting alone in his bedroom listening to The Kinks, trying to draw...

Mary Cranson had done the walk many times before, but now had simply vanished from Dartmoor near the prominent landmark called Haytor. Her boyfriend raises the alarm when she doesn’t meet him as arranged in the local pub.  For the investigating officer, Detective Inspector Richard King,...

After a close call with an assassin in Barcelona, Danny is more convinced than ever that his parents—star performers in the Mysterium circus—died under suspicious circumstances. He's also sure that there's a traitor within the Mysterium. As the troupe heads to Berlin for a circus festival, Danny...

The novel is about an old-school lawyer, Edwin Hillyard, who struggles with the new dotcom world. He accidentally kills his indulged wife, when he discovers her in bed with another woman. Before he knows it, he is the main actor in a dramatic and nail-biting trial. What will the verdict...

Just a typical Tuesday night in the English country hamlet of Goat Parva. The stalkers in the rhododendrons are busy watching the exhibitionists in the windows. Nothing unusual. Until that is when Bingo the retriever returns with a pair of shoes that were last seen adorning the feet of well known...

Twelve-year-old Danny Woo had an unusual childhood. His parents were the star performers in the Mysterium circus—and they taught Danny plenty of tricks. But his parents' skills couldn't save them from dying in a suspicious fire. Now Danny and his aunt Laura, a journalist, are heading to Hong Kong...

Critics may sing from an over familiar hymn sheet of so-called ‘cult films’, but there remains an epoch of British cinema still awaiting discovery that is every bit as provocative and deserving of attention. And there could be no finer guide to these uncharted domains than OFFBEAT. This is the...

Florence Ashton Marshall was an English writer and composer.  Marshall’s most famous work is The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.  A table of contents is included.

Glorhelm, Carant and what remains of the others find themselves in a bleak desert land, far from anywhere they are familiar with. As they attempt to find their way back to far distant Tala they are confronted not only by fierce and terrible foes, but also by the corruption of the darkness. And this...

There are still fairy tales for grandfathers to tell, but this one is true. It began with a meeting across a crowded room which led to sixty-four years of marriage and a lifetime of love and affection. Like all fairy tales, this one has a scary part with an ogre of sorts, but it is a true romance...

Just hand me a good idea, and I'll set the stage and create the costumes. I'll make it real. Such is the motto of Mason, a big back leatherman with a reputation for intense role-playing. Unfortunately, most of the bottoms in Mason's local leather bar have cliché fantasies. They want him to play the...

The third book in the Inspector Knowles series sees Knowles and Sergeant Barnes investigating why the wrong person died on a murder/mystery excursion on a steam train. It seems more than one person wanted the victim dead and the question is: who murdered Major Harkness in full view of 24 people without...