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The Shaman’s Secret

The Shaman’s Secret
  • Author(s): Rich Curtin
  • Location(s): Utah
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern and 1700s

A member of “The Keepers of Order,” an armed militia determined to hunt down the culprits who have been poaching bighorn sheep, is shot while patrolling one of the remotest parts of Utah’s rugged backcountry. In pursuit of the...

The Shampoo Effect

The Shampoo Effect
  • Author(s): Jenny Jackson
  • Location(s): Massachusetts
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

OVER ONE LONG SUMMER, WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT COME OUT IN THE WASH? When writer Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, she falls immediately for its scenic beaches and New England charm – and even harder for Van Whittaker, a...

The Shape of Darkness

The Shape of Darkness
  • Author(s): Laura Purcell
  • Location(s): Bath
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 19th century

Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness… A struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead – and to try and identify their killers – in this...

The Shark Caller

The Shark Caller
  • Author(s): Dianne Wolfer
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there’s another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy’s twin brother, Ray, died in a...

The Shark Caller

The Shark Caller
  • Author(s): Zillah Bethell, Saara Katariina Söderlund (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Dive beneath the waves with this spell-binding adventure of friendship, forgiveness and bravery, set on the shores of Papua New Guinea, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Eva Ibbotson. “I want to be able to call the sharks....

The Shark Club

The Shark Club
  • Author(s): Ann Kidd Taylor
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

6 My Books Browse ▾ Community ▾ Book details The Shark Clubby Ann Kidd Taylor (Goodreads Author) 3.67  3,606 ratings  614 reviews it was amazing Your Rating (Clear) Read Write a review One summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to...

The Shark House

The Shark House
  • Author(s): Sara Ackerman
  • Location(s): Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Adventure, Romance
  • Era(s): 1990s

Hawai’i, 1998. When a string of rare shark attacks unsettles the once-peaceful Kohala coast, marine biologist Minnow Gray is called in to investigate. Known for her uncanny connection to sharks, she is the island’s best hope for uncovering why...

The Sharp Edge of a Snowflake

The Sharp Edge of a Snowflake
  • Author(s): Sif Sigmarsdottir
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The captivating, feminist YA thriller. The snow is falling thick and fast now. Snow in Iceland is dangerous. Hannah Eiríksdóttir has been banished from her home in London to a place of eternal punishment for the wicked. No, not...

The Sharpshooter Blues

The Sharpshooter Blues
  • Author(s): Lewis Nordan
  • Location(s): Mississippi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

The first question this remarkable new tale of mayhem and misunderstanding asks is: Who is singing the Sharpshooter Blues?Is it Morgan, the teenage trick-shot artist, who stops by The William Tell Grocery in Arrow Catcher, Mississippi, one day to...

The Shawl of Midnight

The Shawl of Midnight
  • Author(s): Jacqueline St Joan
  • Location(s): Kashmir, Mumbai (Bombay), Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1996-2015

All the women in Nafeesa’s family have been imprisoned, assassinated, scarred or exiled. Yes, every single one. Is it any wonder, then, that the surviving men in her family have kept those disturbing facts from her? But now Nafeesa...

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