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Shadowplay

Shadowplay
  • Author(s): Joseph O'Connor
  • Location(s): London
  • Era(s): Late 19th century

1878- The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading...

Shadows in the Spring

Shadows in the Spring
  • Author(s): Christina Courtenay
  • Location(s): Bath, England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): AD 80 and contemporary

Her head buzzed with long-forgotten memories, fleeting images that flickered in and out of her mind. Nothing tangible, and not a single one fully formed, but teasing and tantalising, as if they wanted to surface but didn’t know how....

Shadows of Conflict

Shadows of Conflict
  • Author(s): Jennifer Bohnet
  • Location(s): Dartmouth, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern (with references to WW2)

When Katie, redundant from her media job, accepts Mattie’s offer to take over her shop, A Good Yarn, in Dartmouth, she expects her life to be busy and unexciting. But with an American film crew in town intent on...

Shakespeare: The World As A Stage

Shakespeare: The World As A Stage
  • Author(s): Bill Bryson
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 16th Century

From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads...

Sharp Scratch

Sharp Scratch
  • Author(s): Martine Bailey
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Five candidates. One job. A killer prepared to murder their way to the top. Salford, 1983. Lorraine Quick is a single mother, a member of a band going nowhere fast, and personnel officer at the grim Memorial Hospital. A...

SHE

SHE
  • Author(s): Pete Brassett
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Present day

A gripping murder mystery detective thriller that keeps you guessing until the end. Detective Inspector Munro is a burly Scottish policeman who doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Detective Sergeant West is an intelligent young woman, new to the force, with...

She Came to Stay

She Came to Stay
  • Author(s): Eleni Kyriacou
  • Location(s): Soho (London)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

One of Woman & Home‘s Best Historical Fiction Reads of 2020 In a city of strangers, who can you trust? London, 1952. Dina Demetriou has travelled from Cyprus for a better life. She’s certain that excitement, adventure and opportunity...

She Wolf

She Wolf
  • Author(s): Dan Smith
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 866, Vikings

Northumbria, 866. Washed ashore on a frozen English beach, Ylva’s survived. She will not cry. She’s meant to be strong. She’s a Viking. But when her mother dies at the hand of a three-fingered man, and the wolves of...

She Wore a Yellow Dress

She Wore a Yellow Dress
  • Author(s): John Cammidge
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s-1970s

DAZZLING FICTION BASED ON AUTHOR’S LIFE ILLUMINATES REALITY, ROMANCE AND STRUGGLE OF LIFE IN BRITAIN DURING THE ‘60s & ‘70s A spark is lit on Bonfire Night in Northern England in 1965, but for John and Jean-Louise the fireworks...

She’s Mine

She’s Mine
  • Author(s): Claire S Lewis
  • Location(s): Caribbean, New York City (NYC), Oxford
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Scarlett falls asleep on a Caribbean beach she awakes to her worst nightmare – Katie is gone. With all fingers pointed to her Scarlett must risk everything to clear her name. As Scarlett begins to unravel the complicated...

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