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The Sleepwalkers

The Sleepwalkers
  • Author(s): Scarlett Thomas
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on an idyllic Greek island for their honeymoon. It’s the end of the season and out at sea a storm is brewing. They check in to an...

The Slip

The Slip
  • Author(s): Lucas Schaefer
  • Location(s): Austin, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Austin, Texas: It’s the summer of 1998, and there’s a new face on the scene at Terry Tucker’s Boxing Gym. Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein has never felt comfortable in his own skin, but under the tutelage of a swaggering, Haitian-born...

The Slopes of War

The Slopes of War
  • Author(s): Norah A Perez
  • Location(s): West Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): American Civil War

Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg knowing that his two cousins, Custis and Mason, may be fighting against him in the Army of northern Virginia.

The Slow Lane Walkers Club

The Slow Lane Walkers Club
  • Author(s): Rosa Temple
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A feel-good tale of unlikely friendship, community and learning to live life in the slow lane, perfect for fans of Clare Pooley and Hazel Prior Daniel isn’t used to living life in the slow lane. So when he finds...

The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East

The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
  • Author(s): Rebecca Lowe
  • Location(s): Middle East
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2015

One woman, one bike and one richly entertaining, perception-altering journey of discovery. In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by...

The Slowworm’s Song

The Slowworm’s Song
  • Author(s): Andrew Miller
  • Location(s): Northern Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1982

By the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, a profound and tender tale of guilt, a search for atonement and the hard, uncertain work of loving. ‘The writing is near perfect. But the novel’s excellence goes far beyond this ....

The Small Museum

The Small Museum
  • Author(s): Jody Cooksley
  • Location(s): London, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Victorian

A chilling historical mystery set against the gothic backdrop of Victorian London, The Small Museum won the Caledonia Novel Award in 2023 and is inspired by the extraordinary treasure trove of curiosities that is the Hunterian Museum in London....

THE SMALLEST CREATURES

THE SMALLEST CREATURES
  • Author(s): Dan McNay
  • Location(s): New Orleans, Nashville
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

A young man agrees to drive an older woman and her granddaughter from New Orleans to her trailer in Nashville – a road trip that goes from bad to worse. Exhausted from over-work and suffering from the humidity of...

The Smallest Restaurant In Paris: A Memoir

The Smallest Restaurant In Paris: A Memoir
  • Author(s): Rachel Khoo
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It begins in a tiny bedsit near the Bastille. Newly arrived from London, Rachel Khoo is trying to make a life for herself in Paris, carrying a British, Chinese-Malaysian and Austrian background, while juggling odd jobs, culinary school and...

The Smell of Other People’s Houses

The Smell of Other People’s Houses
  • Author(s): Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Love, tragedy, luck and salvation in the interweaving stories of four teenagers in this extraordinary 1970s Alaskan set debut novel. Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother. Dora...

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