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The Suffragette’s Daughter

The Suffragette’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Michelle Salter
  • Location(s): Hampshire
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920

A feminist reporter. A smalltown murder. A national scandal. The Great War has ended, the suffragettes have disbanded, and life for women is a far cry from the stylised world of the flapper girl. 1920 is a time of...

The Sugar Queen

The Sugar Queen
  • Author(s): Sarah Addison Allen
  • Location(s): North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): Modern

Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favourite season; she’s a sorry excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while...

The Suicide House

The Suicide House
  • Author(s): Charlie Donlea
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s...

The Suitcase Murderer

The Suitcase Murderer
  • Author(s): James Andrew
  • Location(s): North Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

When a shop worker is reported missing, the circumstances lead Inspector Blades to launch a murder investigation. A man with ‘strange eyes’, struggling with two suitcases, is seen leaving the building where the young woman, Emma Simpson, lived. There...

The Sultan’s Wife

The Sultan’s Wife
  • Author(s): Jane Johnson
  • Location(s): Morocco
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 17th Century

A sweeping historical adventure, set in 17th-century Morocco, from the bestselling author of Court of Lions. Morocco, 1677 The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave...

The Summer Before the War

The Summer Before the War
  • Author(s): Helen Simonson
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her...

The Summer Country

The Summer Country
  • Author(s): Lauren Willig
  • Location(s): Barbados
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th century

A brilliant, multigenerational saga in the tradition of The Thorn Birds and North and South, New York Times bestselling historical novelist Lauren Willig delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies,...

The Summer Girls

The Summer Girls
  • Author(s): Mary Alice Monroe
  • Location(s): South Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Three granddaughters. Three months. One summer house. In this enchanting trilogy set on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe captures the complex relationships between Dora, Carson, and Harper, three half-sisters scattered across the...

The Summer Guest

The Summer Guest
  • Author(s): Justin Cronin
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day...

The Summer Guests

The Summer Guests
  • Author(s): Mary Alice Monroe
  • Location(s): North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Late August is a beautiful time on the Southern coast—the peach trees are ripe, the ocean is warm, and the sweet tea is icy. A perfect time to enjoy the rocking chairs on the porch. But beneath the calm...

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