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Streets of Darkness

Streets of Darkness
  • Author(s): A A Dhand
  • Location(s): Bradford
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. It always is. But this morning it has reason to be – this morning a body has been found. And it’s not just any body. Detective Harry Virdee should be at...

Subsong

Subsong
  • Author(s): Holly Corfield Carr
  • Location(s): East Soar
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): Current

Award-winning poet Holly Corfield Carr’s new work is a captivating collection of poems inspired by the rich history and natural beauty of East Soar, Devon.

Summer at the Cornish Café

Summer at the Cornish Café
  • Author(s): Phillipa Ashley
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): present-day

Demi doesn’t expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything out of the ordinary. As a waitress, working all hours to make ends meet, washing dishes and serving ice creams seems to be as exciting as the holiday season...

Summer at the Cornish Farmhouse

Summer at the Cornish Farmhouse
  • Author(s): Linn B Halton
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

When Jess Newman married the love of her life Ben she was sure they had what it took to stay together forever. So when Ben falls out of love with her only to promptly fall in the arms of...

Summer in San Remo

Summer in San Remo
  • Author(s): Evonne Wareham
  • Location(s): Bath, French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Italian Riviera
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Anything could happen when you spend summer in San Remo … Running her busy concierge service usually keeps Cassie Travers fully occupied. But when a new client offers her the strangest commission she’s ever handled she suddenly finds herself...

Summer in Tintagel

Summer in Tintagel
  • Author(s): Amanda James
  • Location(s): Tintagel
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

We all have secrets…… Ambitious journalist Rosa Fernley has been asked to fulfil her grandmother Jocelyn’s dying wish. Jocelyn has also passed on a secret – in the summer of 1968, fleeing from the terror of a bullying husband,...

Summer in Your Eyes

Summer in Your Eyes
  • Author(s): Chris Penhall
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): current

Sometimes life’s greatest adventures are found closest to home . . . Travel writer Holly Merriweather knows a fresh start is just what she needs to get her life back on track. Breaking up with her childhood sweetheart and...

Sunflowers In February

Sunflowers In February
  • Author(s): Phyllida Shrimpton
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lily has died in a car accident. The trouble is, Lily’s really not at all sure she wants to ‘move on’ . . . This funny, heartbreaking novel is perfect if you loved John Green or The Lovely Bones....

Sunrise by the Sea

Sunrise by the Sea
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a quaint seaside resort, a charming bakery holds the key to another world… Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan ‘An evocative, sweet treat’ Jojo Moyes ‘This sweet romance will lift your spirits’ Sunday Mirror ‘Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting’...

Surf, Sweat & Tears: the Epic Life and Mysterious Death of Edward George William Omar Deerhurst

Surf, Sweat & Tears: the Epic Life and Mysterious Death of Edward George William Omar Deerhurst
  • Location(s): Australia, California, England, Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1957-now

What really happened to Ted, Viscount Deerhurst, surfing professional, the “Lord on a Board”? Lee Child said: “I don’t usually read books about surfers, but this is like Truman Capote with shorts.” When I met Ted, he was a...

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