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The Secret of Nightingale Wood

The Secret of Nightingale Wood
  • Author(s): Lucy Strange
  • Location(s): Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1919

1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees – or thinks she sees – in the shadows of their new home,...

The Secret of Supernatural Creek (A Laura Marlin Mystery)

The Secret of Supernatural Creek (A Laura Marlin Mystery)
  • Author(s): Lauren St John
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin is back for her next exciting adventure in the fifth mystery from award-winning author Lauren St John. After helping to capture Mr A, the notorious leader of the Straight A gang, Laura Marlin is...

The Secret of the Blue Glass

The Secret of the Blue Glass
  • Author(s): Tomiko Inui
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): WW2

A classic story about a magical miniature family’s adventures in wartime Japan In a dusty library, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the Little People: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a...

The Secret of the Night Train

The Secret of the Night Train
  • Author(s): Sylvia Bishop
  • Location(s): Austria, Europe, Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children
  • Era(s): Present

One small girl – one BIG adventure. When Max is sent to Istanbul to stay with her boring Great Aunt-Elodie, little does she expect to be plunged into a thrilling night-time adventure across Europe. And when the mysterious Heartbreak...

The Secret of the Purple Lake

The Secret of the Purple Lake
  • Author(s): Yaba Badoe, Gbolahan Adams (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Ghana, Norway, Orkney Islands, Spain, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in...

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab
  • Author(s): Fiona Ingram
  • Location(s): Egypt
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 21st century

In this exciting Middle Grade adventure set in Egypt, a 5000-year-old mystery comes to life. A scruffy peddler gives Adam and Justin Sinclair an old Egyptian scarab on their very first day in Egypt. Only when the evil Dr....

The Secret of Villa Alba

The Secret of Villa Alba
  • Author(s): Louise Douglas
  • Location(s): Gibellina, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1963 / 2003

1968, Sicily.  Just months after a terrible earthquake has destroyed the mountain town of Gibellina, Enzo and his wife Irene Borgata are making their way back to the family home, Villa Alba, on roads overlooked by the eerie backdrop of...

The Secret of Villa Serena

The Secret of Villa Serena
  • Author(s): Domenica de Rosa
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

Emily looks like she has it all Living the dream There’s the lovingly restored Tuscan farmhouse, the three beautiful children, the successful husband, the newspaper column detailing her glamorous expat life. But when Emily’s husband dumps her by text...

The Secret Runners of New York

The Secret Runners of New York
  • Author(s): Matthew Reilly
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gossip Girl meets Mad Max in this breakneck thriller from an international bestselling author where the line between rich and poor is the line between life and death. ‘The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . ....

The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture
  • Author(s): Sebastian Barry
  • Location(s): County Sligo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Winner of the 2008 Costa Book of the Year Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2008 Winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2008 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 A Sunday Times...

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