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The Sacred Cut

The Sacred Cut
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A horrific murder pitches Nic Costa and his team into a collision with US agents – and a secret that has festered for fifteen years.

The Sacred Flame

The Sacred Flame
  • Author(s): Nanette Littlestone
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 216 BC

A reluctant Virgin. A married man on the verge of divorce. A cunning wife who will stop at nothing to protect her home. The fate of an empire lies within their hands. Ancient Rome, 216 BC For thirty years,...

The Sacred Spoils

The Sacred Spoils
  • Author(s): Will Adams
  • Location(s): Southern Italy, Israel
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Rossi & Nero Thrillers Book 1 To the victor go the spoils… Historian Carmen Nero, in southern Italy to help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia. Cesco Rossi,...

The Sacred Willow

The Sacred Willow
  • Author(s): Duong Van Mai Elliott
  • Location(s): Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th century

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott’s The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural...

The Saddest Girl on the Beach

The Saddest Girl on the Beach
  • Author(s): Heather Frese
  • Location(s): Outer Banks, Northern California
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Grieving after her father’s death, a young woman seeks solace in an Outer Banks beach town of North Carolina where her best friend’s family runs a small inn. The family welcomes Charlotte with chowder dinners and a cozy room,...

The Saddle Road Samba (Noelani Lee Mysteries Volume 7)

The Saddle Road Samba (Noelani Lee Mysteries Volume 7)
  • Author(s): Tom Bradley Jr
  • Location(s): Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

To their classmates in the Waiākea High School class of 1995, they were The Triplets—an insular trio of self-absorbed girls who graduated summa cum laude in condescension. Decades later and several years apart, two of them vanish under identical...

The Safe Keep

The Safe Keep
  • Author(s): Yael van der Wouden
  • Location(s): Overijssel
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1961

It’s 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel’s life is as it...

The Safe Place

The Safe Place
  • Author(s): Anna Downes
  • Location(s): South West France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

A BEAUTIFUL HOME MIGHT HIDE DANGEROUS SECRETS Emily Proudman has been offered the chance of a lifetime – leave her messy London life, move to a beautiful estate in France and help her boss’ wife take care of their...

The Safety Net

The Safety Net
  • Author(s): Andrea Camilleri
  • Location(s): Sicily
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigàta...

The Saffron Conspiracy

The Saffron Conspiracy
  • Author(s): Marilyn Baron
  • Location(s): Austria, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Botanist Andreas Bauer, passionate about saffron, plans to reintroduce organic farming of the world’s most expensive spice to a region of Austria now known for its wine. Meeting resistance from vintners, he does research in a local abbey and...

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