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Split

Split
  • Author(s): Alida Bremer, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp (Translator)
  • Location(s): Split
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Nazis, spies, romance, and murder collide in prewar eastern Europe in a mesmerizing historical novel by the award-winning author of Oliva’s Garden. It’s 1936. The seaside-resort village of Split on the Adriatic coast bustles. The tourist spots are booming,...

Star of the North

Star of the North
  • Author(s): D B John
  • Location(s): Washington DC, North Korea, Pyongyang
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2010

North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in...

Stealing the Future

Stealing the Future
  • Author(s): Max Hertzberg
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1990s

A counter-factual spy thriller set in East Berlin in the early-1990s. The GDR still exists, but is on the edge of economic breakdown, partly due to a coal producing region is in the process of seceding from the GDR....

Still Life

Still Life
  • Author(s): Sarah Winman
  • Location(s): Tuscany, East London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible...

Stockholm Diaries, Caroline

Stockholm Diaries, Caroline
  • Author(s): Rebecca Hunter
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): present

2016 Winner of the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award Steamy – for 18+!  But nothing that’s non-traditional. Just sexy. A pro hockey player with a rough reputation. An American looking for a taste of adventure. A chance to...

Story of the Lost Child

Story of the Lost Child
  • Author(s): Elena Ferrante
  • Location(s): Naples
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The fourth and final book of the internationally renowned and bestselling Neapolitan novels One of the major publishing events of 2015, this dazzling saga of two women – the brilliant Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila – firmly establishes...

Storyland

Storyland
  • Author(s): Amy Jeffs
  • Location(s): United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Mythology, Historical
  • Era(s): Various

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland tells a history of Britain and the politics of its people through medieval eyes. Grounded in research, related as fiction, it begins before the Great Flood, with a troop of African giants...

Summer in a Cornish Cove

Summer in a Cornish Cove
  • Author(s): Kate Ryder
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Oliver Foxley is an acclaimed movie star and global heartthrob. But under the glare of the spotlight his ‘perfect’ life – and marriage – is slowly starting to crumble. Cara Penhaligon is a struggling young Cornish artist, and widowed...

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow
  • Author(s): Teri M Brown
  • Location(s): Kyiv
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1973 - 2016

A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces – leaving behind a broken woman who must learn...

Sweetland

Sweetland
  • Author(s): Michael Crummey
  • Location(s): Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package the sole stipulation being that everyone...

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