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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 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...

A Stranger in Mayfair

A Stranger in Mayfair
  • Author(s): Charles Finch
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 1800s

Lenox is now married to Lady Jane and is an MP in the House of Commons. Ludovic Starling, a fellow MP, has asked Lenox to investigate the murder of one of his footman.

A Street in Marrakech

A Street in Marrakech
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
  • Location(s): Marrakech
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1970s

The author and her husband have managed to delve into life in the Medina, discovering the life of the women behind the walls of the Medina, as they spoke Arabic, a real asset in those days. A vivid portrayal...

A Summer at Sea

A Summer at Sea
  • Author(s): Katie Fforde
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She has a career as a midwife that she loves . She enjoys living on her own as a single woman. But she’s also feels it’s time for a change and a spot of some sea air. So when...

A Summer in Europe

A Summer in Europe
  • Author(s): Marilyn Brant
  • Location(s): Europe, Florence
  • Genre(s): Romance, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

On her thirtieth birthday, Gwendolyn Reese receives an unexpected present from her widowed Aunt Bea: a grand tour of Europe in the company of Bea’s Sudoku and Mahjongg Club. The prospect isn’t entirely appealing. But when the gift she...

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