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  • Location: China, Shanghai, Bejing

Peach Blossom Pavilion

Early 1900s: Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China.

  • Location: Bali

A House in Bali

WW2 and before – Just what kind of music is Balinese Gamelan music?

  • Location: Malmö

Murder in Malmö (Inspector Sundström 2)

2000s: Malmö is now firmly on the Swedish Noir map…

  • Location: Hong Kong

The Piano Teacher

1940s, 1950s: Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, set in the 1940s and ’50s.

  • Location: Amsterdam

Rembrandt’s Mirror

1647: The story of the man behind some of the most famous paintings in the world from the women who knew him the best.

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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