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Leslie Forbes

    Forbes's fiction delves into the compelling intersections of science and art, weaving complex ideas into captivating narratives. Her work is deeply informed by a commitment to political and free speech issues, exploring the intricate dialogues between rational and imaginative thought. Celebrated for its intellectual depth and originality, her writing often employs scientific concepts as a unique lens through which to examine the human condition. Her engagement with refugee writers further enriches her literary output with profound empathy and a keen awareness of global concerns.

    Die schönsten Feste in aller Welt
    Die Botanikerin
    Tempesta su Bombay
    Waking Raphael
    Fish, Blood and Bone
    Bombay Ice
    • Bombay Ice

      • 404 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Rosalind Bengal arrives in Bombay on the eve of the monsoon to find her family embroiled in a suspicious situation involving the Bombay movie industry and a series of murders of the community's transgenderprostitutes.

      Bombay Ice
      2.6
    • Fish, Blood and Bone

      • 435 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Three families across two centuries. A shared history of love and murder.And one woman’s passion for life and obsession with death. . . Expatriate Claire Fleetwood is a forensic photographer adept at turning the bones of the dead into silvery, telling shadows. When she inherits an estate situated in London’s East End, Claire finally feels rooted. Then one morning a friend is murdered beyond the walls of her garden--a crime that unnerves her, intrigues her, and compels her to unravel not only the mysteries of the victim’s past but her own past as well. It’s a journey that takes Claire to the India of her forebears, to a hidden paradise between Bhutan and Tibet, and to a secret history that reverberates through time, through blood, through a lineage of forbidden pleasures and harrowing implications. A sensuous and revealing thriller like no other, Fish, Blood and Bone is an intoxicating reflection on the consequences of the past, of unearthed skeletons and family sins, played out against the most exotic landscapes on earth—and the most unsettling corners of the imagination.

      Fish, Blood and Bone
      3.2
    • Waking Raphael

      • 404 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      'A joy from cover to cover' Joan Smith A dazzling historical thriller from the acclaimed author of BOMBAY ICE

      Waking Raphael
      2.6
    • Die Botanikerin

      • 462 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Claire Fleetwood, eine junge Fotografin amerikanischer Herkunft, erbt in Londons East End von ihrer Tante ein großes Haus mit opulentem Garten. Und für Claire beginnen verwirrende Zeiten: Erst fällt ihre beste Freundin einem Mordanschlag zum Opfer, dann findet Claire heraus, dass ihre Tante Magda offenbar eine bekannte viktorianische Botanikerin war und ihr Onkel Joseph ein Opiumanbauer aus Kalkutta. Eine faszinierende Suche nach den Spuren ihrer Familie beginnt. Claire Fleetwood, eine junge Fotografin amerikanischer Herkunft, erbt in Londons East End von ihrer Tante ein großes Haus mit opulentem Garten. Und für Claire beginnen verwirrende Zeiten: Erst fällt ihre beste Freundin einem Mordanschlag zum Opfer, dann findet Claire heraus, dass ihre Tante Magda offenbar eine bekannte viktorianische Botanikerin war und ihr Onkel Joseph ein Opiumanbauer aus Kalkutta. Eine faszinierende Suche nach den Spuren ihrer Familie beginnt.

      Die Botanikerin