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The Sunken Road

The Sunken Road
  • Author(s): Ciaran McMenamin
  • Location(s): County Fermanagh
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Annie, Francie and Archie were inseparable growing up, but in 1914 the boys are seduced by the drama of the Great War. Before leaving their small Irish village for the...

The Sunlight Dialogues

The Sunlight Dialogues
  • Author(s): John Gardner
  • Location(s): New York State, Batavia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1972

An absolutely wild novel set in the tiny upstate town of Batavia (where author John Gardner spent his life), The Sunlight Dialogues consists of the community’s reaction to the mysterious “Sunlight Man,” who is charged with having graffitied the...

The Sunset Club

The Sunset Club
  • Author(s): Khushwant Singh
  • Location(s): New Delhi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2009/10

Meet the members of the Sunset Club: Pandit Preetam Sharma; Nawab Barkatullah Baig and Sardar Boota Singh. Friends for over forty years; they are now in their eighties. And every evening; at the sunset hour; they sit together on...

The Sunshine and Biscotti Club

The Sunshine and Biscotti Club
  • Author(s): Jenny Oliver
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The ovens are pre-heating, the Prosecco is chilling…and The Sunshine and Biscotti Club is nearly ready to open its doors. But the guests have other things on their minds… Libby: The Blogger Life is Instagram-perfect for food blogger Libby…until...

The Sunshine Getaway

The Sunshine Getaway
  • Author(s): Holly Greene
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sit back, relax and enjoy a getaway to idyllic Rhodes … Sara is marrying Robert soon, but instead of a traditional hen night or bachelorette party, she decides to invite her friends to her fiancé’s luxurious villa on the...

The Sunshine Man

The Sunshine Man
  • Author(s): Emma Stonex
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie sends her kids to school and then leaves for London...

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
  • Author(s): Jenny Pearson
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Freddie Yates likes facts. Just not the one staring him in the face – that his secret plan is not, in fact, secret. Because Freddie’s journey wasn’t meant to involve Big Trev and the onion-eating competition or the loo-exploding...

The Supremes at Earl’s All-you-can-eat

The Supremes at Earl’s All-you-can-eat
  • Author(s): Edward Kelsey Moore
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Era(s): Present looing back

Told with wit, charm and heart, this debut novel set in small-town Indiana from the 1960s to the present day will appeal to anyone who loved The Help or Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Pull up...

The Surf House

The Surf House
  • Author(s): Lucy Clarke
  • Location(s): Marrakech, Morocco
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travellers chasing sunshine and waves. But the idyll hides a dark mystery. And when Bea washes in, seeking...

The Surface Breaks

The Surface Breaks
  • Author(s): Louise O'Neill
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A reimagining of The Little Mermaid Deep beneath the sea off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of being human… but at what terrible price? Hans Christian Andersen’s dark original fairy tale is reimagined...

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