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The Secret of Vesalius

The Secret of Vesalius
  • Author(s): Jordi Llobregat
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Daniel Amat has left Spain and all that happened there behind him. Having just achieved a brilliant role in Ancient Languages at Oxford University and an even more advantageous engagement, the arrival of a letter – a demand –...

The Secret War

The Secret War
  • Author(s): Louise Burfitt-Dons
  • Location(s): Beijing (Peking), Hamburg, Liverpool, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

Karen Andersen, private investigator, stumbles across intelligence in a Liverpool University that an ultra-right faction of the CCP plan to release a new highly contagious virus on an unsuspecting New York City.

The Secret Wife

The Secret Wife
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): New York State, Russia, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century and 2011

A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . . Love. Guilt. Heartbreak. 1914 Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future....

THE SERPENT’S LAIR

THE SERPENT’S LAIR
  • Author(s): Riall Nolan
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Adventure
  • Era(s): contemporary

Max lands a dangerous mission on an Indian Ocean island quickly descending into chaos… Since a bomb blew him through a hotel window in Colombo, international fixer Max Donovan’s life has become more complicated. He in possession of a...

The Shadows of Seville

The Shadows of Seville
  • Author(s): David Canford
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Twentieth Century

A gripping and moving story of loss and love, of hatred and passion, and of horror and hope, set in Spain’s most evocative city during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War and the following decades. Ramon flees rural...

The Shape of the Ruins

The Shape of the Ruins
  • Author(s): Juan Gabriel Vásquez
  • Location(s): Colombia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

It takes the form of personal and formal investigations into two political assassinations – the murders of Rafael Uribe Uribe in 1914, the man who inspired García Márquez’s General Buendia in One Hundred Years of Solitude, and of the...

The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle

The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle
  • Author(s): Sophie Green
  • Location(s): The Gold Coast
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

In a seaside suburb on Australia’s golden coast, four women head to the water to swim every day . . . Housewife Theresa wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise...

The Silence In Between

The Silence In Between
  • Author(s): Josie Ferguson
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2 / 1961

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your child… Lisette is in hospital with her baby boy. The doctors tell her to go home and get some...

The Silent Room

The Silent Room
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in the back. It never arrives. On route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting...

The Silver Bone

The Silver Bone
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov, Boris Dralyuk (translator)
  • Location(s): Kyiv
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Mystery

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion. When Samson Kolechko’s father is murdered, his last act...

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