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Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon
  • Author(s): Bella Cassidy
  • Location(s): Aberfeldy, Covent Garden, Glastonbury, Isle of Skye
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tassie Morris is everyone’s favourite wedding photographer, famous for her photos of offbeat ceremonies and alternative brides. Yet commitment is proving impossible for Tassie herself, who cannot forget her first love. When she’s sent to photograph a ceremony on...

Shooter in the Shadows

Shooter in the Shadows
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tom Honeyman made his name cracking a horrific double murder in his hometown of Prosper, New York. He got an international best seller out of it, made a small fortune, and left his newspaper reporting days behind. But was...

Shooter on the Moor

Shooter on the Moor
  • Author(s): Ric Brady
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): contemporary

The peace of the Yorkshire moors is disturbed by a shooting. A former cop investigates… Retired DCI Henry Ward is struggling to sleep one night when he hears a police car race past his window, its siren blaring. Never...

Shooting Kabul

Shooting Kabul
  • Author(s): N H Senzai
  • Location(s): Afghanistan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2001

In the summer of 2001, twelve year old Fadi’s parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their underground transport arrives at the rendezvous point, chaos ensues, and Fadi...

Shooting Martha

Shooting Martha
  • Author(s): David Thewlis
  • Location(s): London, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A darkly funny novel set between a London film set and a villa in the south of France – a mix of Vertigo and Jonathan Coe, written by a master storyteller Celebrated director Jack Drake can’t get through his...

Shoots to Kill

Shoots to Kill
  • Author(s): Kate Collins
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Eight years ago, Abby Knight babysat for a problem teen named Elizabeth. Today, Elizabeth’s back, with a new name (Libby) and a whole new life (stolen)—namely, one that already belongs to Abby. Libby’s even trying to steal Abby’s boyfriend,...

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
  • Author(s): Sophie Kinsella
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): very early 2000s

With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky Bloomwood’s biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. That is, until...

Shopgirl

Shopgirl
  • Author(s): Steve Martin
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lonely, depressed, Vermont transplant Mirabelle Buttersfield, who sells expensive evening gloves nobody ever buys at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and spends her evenings watching television with her two cats. She attempts to forge a relationship with middle-aged, womanizing,...

Short Ride on a Fast Machine

Short Ride on a Fast Machine
  • Author(s): Magnus McGrandle
  • Location(s): London, Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st Century

Short Ride on A Fast Machine is a quirky and engaging caper, the story of a young cycle courier from London who goes on an improbable journey to Norway, to pick up a stuffed owl for a mysterious client....

Shorts and Thoughts

Shorts and Thoughts
  • Author(s): Maggie Fogarty
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Obsession, forgiveness, big life changes, growing older – just some of the themes explored in eight short stories. Stories to make you think and stay with you afterwards. Bite-sized but packing a punch.

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