Geographic: London

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Another man in the street

Phillips, Caryl2025

Books, Manuscripts

In the early sixties, Victor 'Lucky' Johnson arrives in London from St Kitts, with dreams of becoming a journalist. Lucky soon finds work first at an Irish pub in Notting Hill - then as a rent collector for an unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman. Shadowing Lucky from his early struggles in L...

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The constant heart

Court, Dilly2008

Books, Manuscripts

Despite living by the side of the Thames, with its noise, disease and dirt, 18-year-old Rosina May has wanted for little in life. Until her father's feud with a fellow bargeman threatens to destroy everything. To save them all, Rosina agrees to marry Harry, the son of a wealthy merchant.

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A dance for the king

Du Beke, Anton2024

Books, Manuscripts

In London 1942 the war is far from over. Soldier Raymond de Guise returns from North Africa to his family and friends at the Buckingham Hotel. He has suffered hardship and loss, but England needs him more than ever. Spies have infiltrated high society at the hotel, alongside a wave of American GI...

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Destiny [text(large print)]

Morgan, Madalyn2025

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1940. As bombs rain down on London, Margot Dudley lands an usherette job at the Prince Albert Theatre in the West End. It's not quite her dream of taking centre stage, but at least it gets her closer to it. When an opportunity arises to join the costume department, Margot revels in the glamorous ...

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Dirty game

Keane, Jessie2012

Books, Manuscripts

For longer than she cares to remember Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow of her older sister Ruthie. Now Ruthie has her hands on Max Carter, the much feared head of the Carter family and a top class villain. Seducing Max wasn't a problem, but the guilt, shame and anger of rejection afterwards was.

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Disobedience

Alderman, Naomi2007

Books, Manuscripts

An insightful take on the search for love, tolerance and faith in a tightly-knit Jewish community in London, 'Disobedience' follows the story of Ronit, who is returing to the capital on the occasion of the funeral of her estranged father.

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Easeful death

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia2025

Books, Manuscripts

Most homicides are young male on young male, and that's bad enough. But as a father of two daughters, DCI Bill Slider can't help but take it harder when the victim is a young woman. Rhianne Morgan, just eighteen, waiting for her A-level results, lies dead in her comfortable middle-class home in a...

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G.F. Newman's Crime and punishment

Newman, G. F. (Gordon F.)2009

Books, Manuscripts

Haunted by the murder of his grandfather when he was six, Brian Oldman holds a terrible secret that he must keep in fear of his life. But there is a more disturbing secret he has yet to discover as he plunges into the criminal underworld of London in the 1950s.

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Gangster girl

Mitchell, Dreda Say2010

Books, Manuscripts

Daisy Sullivan's father was one of London's most infamous gangsters. Haunted by his violent death she vows to live a respectable life. That is until the day her mum, who abandoned her when she was young and who she barely remembers, barges back into her life.

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A girls' guide to winning the war

Lyons, Annie2025

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Whip-smart librarian Peggy Sparks is determined to make sure that her brother Joe returns from the frontline to their London home, which they share with their beloved mother and grandmother. So when she is offered a once-in-a-lifetime job at the heart of the war effort, Peggy jumps at the prospec...

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The gold : the real story behind Brink's-Mat - Britain's biggest heist

Forsyth, Neil, 1978-2025

Books, Manuscripts

Shortly before 7am on Saturday 26th November 1983, an armed gang burst into the Brink's-Mat security warehouse near London's Heathrow Airport. They expected a significant stash, but what they found was beyond their wildest dreams. Gold bullion worth 26 million. Making off with the haul, the gang ...

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A good day to die

Kernick, Simon2011

Books, Manuscripts

Ex-cop Dennis Milne is intent on revenge. His best friend has been brutally executed, and Milne wants to know who did it - and why. But London is a dangerous place, especially for a man like Milne.

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In the ditch

Emecheta, Buchi2023

Books, Manuscripts

Adah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for 'problem families', avoiding the rats and rubbish. It's not quite the new start in London she had planned. As she navigates the complicated welfare system that keeps her trapped in poverty, can she cling to her dream ...

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A Kennedy affair

Hourican, Emily2025

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When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as London stands a shell of its former self, Kick returns to volunteer with the Red Cross, determined to do what she can for the city ...

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Legacy of menace : life in the shadow of the Krays

Teale, David2025

Books, Manuscripts

The third and final chapter in Bobby and David Teale's powerful true story focuses on the shattering consequences of Bobby's secret decision to inform on the Krays, putting himself and his brothers David and Alfie in mortal danger. Bobby opens up on what he went through at the hands of the Krays ...

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London : a history of 300 years in 25 buildings

Knox, Paul L.2024

Books, Manuscripts

A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar council housing, stuccoed Italianate terraces, a Bauhaus-inspired library. But these buildings are not just functional. They are evidence of London's rich and diverse his...

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A mother's courage

Court, Dilly2008

Books, Manuscripts

When Eloise receives news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help. Court is also the author of 'Mermaids Singi...

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Murder at Lord's Station

Eldridge, Jim, 1944-2025

Books, Manuscripts

March, 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with bombs raining down almost every night. Inspector Coburg and his trusted Sergeant Lampson are just recovering from the devastating bomb attack on the Cafe de Paris when they get a call asking them t...

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The new life

Crewe, Tom, 1989-2024

Books, Manuscripts

John Addington is married to Catherine, but has spent his life trying to navigate his desires for men. Now there is Frank, the working-class printer he meets at the Serpentine swimming lake. Henry Ellis is married to Edith, but she has fallen in love with Angelica, who wants Edith all for herself...

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[9 copies, 7 available]

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Oliver Twist

Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702003

Books, Manuscripts

Dickens wrote this story of a boy forced to live in a dark and dismal workhouse lorded over by Mr Bumble to draw attention to Victorian social ills. Desperate but determined, Oliver makes his escape and finds that life in the harsh streets of London's underworld makes the workhouse look like a pi...

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