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The Seventh Sacrament

The Seventh Sacrament
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Murder and mystery set in Rome, The Seventh Sacrament is the fifth title in the Nic Costa series, David Hewson’s stunning Italian crime novels.

The Seventh Sinner

The Seventh Sinner
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Peters
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

The Seventh Son

The Seventh Son
  • Author(s): Sebastian Faulks
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC), Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman’s child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire...

The Seville Communion

The Seville Communion
  • Author(s): Arturo Peréz-Reverte, Sonia Soto (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Murderous goings-on in a tiny church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker gets into the Pope’s personal computer to leave a warning about mysterious deaths in a small church in Seville that is threatened...

The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris

The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris
  • Author(s): Leila Marouane
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The protagonist is a handsome, wealthy Parisian bank manager. Born in the Maghreb, his life was once devoted to Sundays with his mother, family reunions, pious sobriety and fervant Islamism. But he’s through with all that. The time has...

The Shaanxi Opera

The Shaanxi Opera
  • Author(s): Jia Pingwa, Dylan Levi King (trasnalator), Nicky Harman (translator)
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From one of China’s most celebrated authors comes a masterful novel about modernity and tradition, love and obsession, and economic change and quixotic dreams—all set against the backdrop of a rapidly urbanizing China. In post–Cultural Revolution China, in the...

The Shack

The Shack
  • Author(s): William Paul Young
  • Location(s): Oregon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

With 18 million copies sold worldwide, THE SHACK is an international bestseller that explores life’s toughest questions through the gripping story of one man’s struggle to find answers to his suffering. Mack’s youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during a...

The Shadow

The Shadow
  • Author(s): Sylvain Reynard
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Paranormal, Romance
  • Era(s): Various

Raven Wood’s vampyre prince William has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her. In the wake of their reunion, Raven is faced with a terrible decision: allow the Prince to wreak his vengeance,...

The Shadow

The Shadow
  • Author(s): Melanie Raabe, Imogen Taylor (translator)
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“On February 11 you will kill a man called Arthur Grimm. Of your own free will. And for a good reason.” Norah has just moved from Berlin to Vienna in order to leave her old life behind her for...

The Shadow Key

The Shadow Key
  • Author(s): Susan Stokes-Chapman
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Historical
  • Era(s): 1780s

There’s something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness? Meirionydd, 1783. Dr Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post in London. The only job he can find is in Wales where...

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