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Sarum

Sarum
  • Author(s): Edward Rutherfurd
  • Location(s): Salisbury
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): Various

Sarum is the roman name for current day Salisbury. In a novel of extraordinary richness the whole sweep of British civilisation unfolds through the story of one place, Salisbury, from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape...

Saturday

Saturday
  • Author(s): Ian McEwan
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

Henry Perowne is up very early one Saturday morning. He looks out of his window and sees a plane crashing. His day gets no better when he is assaulted, and with huge consequences that play out on his values...

Scandalous Women

Scandalous Women
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

1966: In London, Jackie Collins‘s racy The World is Full of Married Men hits bookshops and launches her career. In New York, Jacqueline Susann‘s debut novel Valley of the Dolls is published, and she’s desperate for it to be...

Scratch Deeper

Scratch Deeper
  • Author(s): Chris Simms
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Introducing feisty Detective Constable Iona Khan – the first in a thrilling new crime series. In sun-soaked Mauritius, a retired Law Lord is brutally murdered, while in rain-sodden Manchester, the Labour Party conference is beginning. Promoted to Greater Manchester...

Secret London – an Unusual Guide (Jonglez Guides)

Secret London – an Unusual Guide (Jonglez Guides)
  • Author(s): Rachel Howard
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Explore London in a very different and unusual way. This is not a typical guidebook, but takes you off the beaten track – away from the bustling tourist hub. Pray in a floating church, for example, or sail on...

Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls

Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls
  • Author(s): Glenda Young
  • Location(s): Chester-le-Street
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1916

Book 2 in The Toffee Factory Trilogy As the Great War rages, Jack’s toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham, is threatened with closure when sugar rations begin. Anne, who works for the owner Mr Jack, must...

Seldom Seen

Seldom Seen
  • Author(s): Sarah Ridgard
  • Location(s): Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Desiree White was walking through the fields of winter wheat and oilseed rape when she saw it. She picked the newspaper bundle out of the ditch and took it to the phone box. Across the baby’s tiny body she...

Sepulchre Street

Sepulchre Street
  • Author(s): Martin Edwards
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries, Book 4 London, 1930s: Rachel Savernake is attending renowned artist Damaris Gethin’s latest exhibition, featuring live models who pose as famous killers. But that’s just the warm-up act… Unsure why she was invited, Rachel...

Seven Bridges

Seven Bridges
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Horror, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ryan’s most explosive case yet… It’s been five months since a killer walked free and DCI Ryan is preparing to leave Newcastle to hunt him down – this time, for good. But Ryan’s plans are scuppered when events take...

She Rises

She Rises
  • Author(s): Kate Worsley
  • Location(s): Harwich
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1740s

It is 1740 and Louise Fletcher, a young dairymaid on an Essex farm, has been warned of the lure of the sea for as long as she can remember – after all, it stole away her father and brother....

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