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Stolen Lives

Stolen Lives
  • Author(s): Joyce Yarrow
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 11th century, World War Two, Contemporary

In this sequel to Zahara and the Lost Books of Light, journalist Alienor Crespo pursues an intriguing and explosive story about the tons of gold shipped to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and the endangered children...

Stone Virgin

Stone Virgin
  • Author(s): Barry Unsworth
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain’s most important novelists. Simon Rakes – a conservation expert – is restoring the Stone Virgin, a statue that cost the life of its creator in the...

Stranger, Visitor, Foreigner, Guest

Stranger, Visitor, Foreigner, Guest
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Porter
  • Location(s): Tanzania, Zanzibar
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 19th Century /Late 20th Century

Stranger Visitor Foreigner Guest is the story of a collision of worlds and the ways in which westerners interact and impact on an extraordinary social and political arena. At the heart of the novel are the true events of the...

Strangers on a Bridge

Strangers on a Bridge
  • Author(s): Louise Mangos
  • Location(s): Swiss Alps
  • Genre(s): Noir, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Alice Reed goes on her normal morning jog in the peaceful Swiss Alps, she never expected to save a man from suicide. But she does. And she shouldn’t have. Adamant they have an instant connection Manfred’s charming exterior...

Strapless

Strapless
  • Author(s): Deborah Davis
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Turn of 20th Century

The story behind the legendary John Singer Sargent painting “Madame X” that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public ridicule.

Stumbling through Italy

Stumbling through Italy
  • Author(s): Niall Allsop
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1999-2008

In September 1999 Niall Allsop and his wife Kay flew to Pisa and stepped onto Italian soil for the first time. Within six months they returned and therafter they visited Italy at least twice a year, usually to the...

Sugar And Snails

Sugar And Snails
  • Author(s): Anne Goodwin
  • Location(s): The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1960s, 1970s and 2000s

At fifteen, she made a life-changing decision. Thirty years on, it’s time to make another. When Diana escaped her misfit childhood, she thought she’d chosen the easier path. But the past lingers on, etched beneath her skin, and life...

Suicide Thursday

Suicide Thursday
  • Author(s): Will Carver
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eli Hagin can’t finish anything. He hates his job, but can’t seem to quit. He doesn’t want to be with his girlfriend, but doesn’t know how end things with her, either. Eli wants to write a novel, but he’s...

Summary Justice

Summary Justice
  • Author(s): John Fairfax
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): Eaerly 21st Century

The last time Tess de Vere saw William Benson she was a law student on work experience. He was a twenty-one year old, led from the dock of the Old Bailey to begin a life sentence for murder. He’d...

Summer at the Villa Rosa

Summer at the Villa Rosa
  • Author(s): Nicky Pellegrino
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Romance

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