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A Sea of Straw

A Sea of Straw
  • Author(s): Julia Sutton
  • Location(s): Portugal, England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

Set in the 1960s, the story of Jody, her little daughter Anna and Zé, veers between an unhappy marriage in the North of England and a journey to find love amid the vivid landscapes of Portugal, while exposing the...

A Second Chance Summer

A Second Chance Summer
  • Author(s): Katharine E Smith
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

**AMAZON UK & US BESTSELLER** “Delightful read! Exactly what I was looking for from the genre: escapism, characters I recognised, an engaging storyline. Couldn’t put it down.” Coming Back to Cornwall means different things to Alice and Julie –...

A Secret Escape

A Secret Escape
  • Author(s): Sarah Morgan
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A lifelong friendship Childhood friends Milly and Nicole had always been more like sisters so Milly never understood why Nicole dropped out of contact all those months ago. Milly buried that hurt and moved on with her life. A...

A Shadowed Livery

A Shadowed Livery
  • Author(s): Charlie Garratt
  • Location(s): Warwickshire
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime
  • Era(s): 1938

War is on the horizon… Warwickshire, England, 1938 While Hitler and Chamberlain are preparing to sign the Munich agreement, the murderer of a Jewish shopkeeper is being hanged in Birmingham. After witnessing the execution, Inspector James Given, who brought...

A Shadowed Livery

A Shadowed Livery
  • Location(s): Kenilworth
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1938

In the dying days of September 1938 the murderer of a Jewish shopkeeper is hanged in Birmingham. After witnessing the execution, Inspector James Given, who brought the killer to justice, is surprised to find he has been taken off...

A Short History of London

A Short History of London
  • Author(s): Simon Jenkins
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This changeful place became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of...

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
  • Author(s): Marina Lewycka
  • Location(s): Peterborough
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcée. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water,...

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark
  • Author(s): Lynne Truss
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After the notorious ‘Middle Street Massacre’ of 1951, when the majority of Brighton’s criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine...

A Silent Truth

A Silent Truth
  • Author(s): Rachel Amphlett
  • Location(s): Vale of White Horse
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When the body of a young woman is found by the side of a quiet country road, police first suspect a hit and run. Then a darker side to the victim is uncovered – a dangerous addiction that led...

A Single Thread of Moonlight

A Single Thread of Moonlight
  • Author(s): Laura Wood
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Edwardian Era

With shades of Pride and Prejudice and The Count of Monte Cristo, Laura Wood has penned a Cinderella story for the Bridgerton generation. Iris Grey’s childhood was idyllic… until her father remarried. Iris’s new stepmother and two stepsisters were...

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