Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of...

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). 'Mensah' is a London crime novel with a difference. It is set in the deprived streets of Hackney amongst the African community, a stone's throw away from the affluent and gentrified parts of the borough and Islington. It pays homage to Raymond Chandler and introduces us to the charismatic Mensah, a black hero for our times. Mensah is the kind of man you go looking for when you have a problem. He will solve...

Josiah Cole wanted nothing more than to live in luxuary and excess, like the richest of men whom he admired. But he needed money and connections. When he arranged a marriage with Frances Scott, a penniless aristocrat, he fould someone who could get him both. Polskie tłumaczenie streszczeniem w języku angielskim: Josiah Cole nie chciał nic więcej, niż żyć w luksusie i nadmiarie, jak najbogatsi mężczyźni, których podziwiał. Ale potrzebował...