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The Saint of Lost Things

The Saint of Lost Things
  • Author(s): Christopher Castellani
  • Location(s): Wilmington
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

It is 1953 in the tight-knit Italian neighborhood in Wilmington, Delaware. Maddalena Grasso has lost her country, her family, and the man she loved by coming to America: her mercurial husband, Antonio, has lost his opportunity to realize the...

The Saint Zita Society

The Saint Zita Society
  • Author(s): Ruth Rendell
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Ruth Rendell’s Saint Zita Society is formed by disgruntled servants working in salubrious Belgravia. Not all are unhappy with their lot, for there are Dickensian below-stairs exploiters as well as thoughtless bankers and aristocrats in the grand apartments above,...

The Salt Path

The Salt Path
  • Author(s): Raynor Winn
  • Location(s): The West Country
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to...

The Salt Road

The Salt Road
  • Author(s): Jane Johnson
  • Location(s): Algeria, Morocco, Sahara
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Various

Isabelle’s estranged archeologist father dies, leaving her a puzzle. In a box she finds some papers and a mysterious African amulet — but their connection to her remains unclear until she embarks on a trip to Morocco to discover...

The Samaritan

The Samaritan
  • Author(s): Mason Cross
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains, LAPD Detective Jessica Allen knows this isn’t the work of a first-time killer. She’s seen this MO before – two and a half years...

The Sanatorium

The Sanatorium
  • Author(s): Sarah Pearse
  • Location(s): Crans Montana
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

EVERYONE’S IN DANGER. ANYONE COULD BE NEXT. An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when...

The Santa Shop

The Santa Shop
  • Author(s): Tim Greaton
  • Location(s): New York State, Vermont
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A poignant and uplifting story. Skip Ralstat loses his wife and baby son on a Christmas Eve fire, Skip’s palpable guilt that he wasn’t there for them causes him to lose his job as a lawyer: and he becomes...

The Santiago Sisters

The Santiago Sisters
  • Author(s): Victoria Fox
  • Location(s): World
  • Era(s): Modern

Twins Calida and Teresita Santiago have never known a world without each other…until Teresita is wrenched from their Argentinian home to be adopted by world-famous actress Simone Geddes. Now, while Teresita is provided with all that money can buy,...

The Sapphire Sea (A Gemstone Thriller)

The Sapphire Sea (A Gemstone Thriller)
  • Author(s): John B Robinson
  • Location(s): Madagascar
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Teeming with perilous, exotic locales and widespread examples of social injustice, this bold adventure follows one man’s plight to seek his fortune while commenting on the widespread social and economic effects of the African gem trade. Plagued by a...

The Savannah Project

The Savannah Project
  • Author(s): Chuck Barrett
  • Location(s): Northern Ireland, Savannah
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

“An intense, heart-pounding St. Patrick’s Day thriller!” An NTSB investigator is called to Savannah to investigate what appears to be a routine aircraft accident during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Ensuing suspicions of sabotage launch a deadly chain of...

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