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A Sister for Margot

A Sister for Margot
  • Author(s): Emma Clark Lam
  • Location(s): England, Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2 and Modern

In a Portsmouth theatre, with Hitler’s bombs raining down, the actress Maud falls in love with a young naval officer. She dreams however of seeing her name in lights and part of her resists getting embroiled in an affair....

A Slot Machine Ate My Midlife Crisis

A Slot Machine Ate My Midlife Crisis
  • Author(s): Irene Woodbury
  • Location(s): France, Las Vegas, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 2000s

Quirky jobs, wacky friends, hot crushes, and an unraveling marriage are all part of this darkly funny novel describing 45 year-old newlywed Wendy Sinclair’s life in Las Vegas after she impulsively decides to stay following a bizarre girls’ weekend...

A Small Circus

A Small Circus
  • Author(s): Hans Fallada
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1929

It is 1929, and the Weimar Republic is being steadily weakened by conflicts between the factions pro democracy, and the anti-democratic forces, both left and right wing, which will eventually lead to victory for the of the National Socialists...

A Small Death in Lisbon

A Small Death in Lisbon
  • Author(s): Robert Wilson
  • Location(s): Berlin, Lisbon
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1940s and 1990s

Europe, 1941: Lisbon is one of the world’s tensest cities, and as the Nazis and Allies jostle for power, Iberia becomes a fulcrum for the menace that is about to engulf Europe. Klaus Felsen, torn from his Berlin factory...

A Son at the Front

A Son at the Front
  • Author(s): Edith Wharton
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

The novel focusses on the painter Compton, in Paris, and opens 30th July 1914. The novel explores family and sexual bonds, the value of art during war and cultural values.

A Song of Isolation

A Song of Isolation
  • Author(s): Michael J Malone
  • Location(s): Bordeaux, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job....

A Sparrow Falls

A Sparrow Falls
  • Author(s): Wilbur Smith
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): First World War onwards

This is the third book in the Courtney series, which takes us through the latter years of Sean’s life. A new character is that of Mark Anders. Sean and Mark during the First World War and once they return...

A Spell in Provence

A Spell in Provence
  • Author(s): Marie Laval
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

After losing her job in England, Amy Carter uses her redundancy payment to start a new life in France, turning Bellefontaine, an overgrown Provençal farmhouse, into a successful hotel. Though she has big plans for her new home, none...

A Spring Betrayal

A Spring Betrayal
  • Author(s): Tom Callaghan
  • Location(s): Kyrgyzstan
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

We uncovered the last of the bodies in the red hour before dusk, as the sun stained the snowcaps of the Tian Shan mountains the colour of dried blood and the spring air turned sharp and cold . ....

A Stone’s Throw

A Stone’s Throw
  • Author(s): Fiona Shaw
  • Location(s): England, Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940s onwards

A multi-layered story of three generations of one family and is set in England and Kenya during and after the Second World War. Meg Brya is sailing to Kenya to be with her fiance. On the boat ride out...

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