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December opening times: Mon - Sat, 10 - 4
…for all things bookish by the sea.
Book Group, Friday 9th January, 7pm @ Cuppa, 81 High Road West
Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly, living with her parents and working a zero-hours contract at Heathrow Airport, while her budding plans of becoming a writer are going nowhere.
That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He’s been investigating a radical think tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that’s been scheming to push the British government in an ever more extreme direction. When he follows this story to a conference in a rambling old hotel deep in the Cotswolds, events take a bizarre and sinister turn. Soon he is caught up in a world of cryptic clues, secret passages and, eventually, murder.
In the end, despite the efforts of a suitably eccentric detective, it falls to Phyl herself – ably assisted by Chris’s outspoken adopted daughter Rashida - to look for answers to the fatal mystery. But will they lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?
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Stillwater Secrets
We are a small, but perfectly formed bookshop, based by the sea in Felixstowe, where we offer a diverse selection of hand-picked books for readers of all ages.
From crime to rhyme, beautifully illustrated to top-rated, you’ll find something wonderful to become completely lost in.
Each book is carefully selected to join a growing family of literary nuggets of joy. Why not pop in, say hello and explore our shelves, but in the meantime, why not have a look at the books we love to shout about at the moment?!
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Check out our latest arrivals - we have new books arriving all the time and can deliver straight to your door.
Good things happen in bookshops…
There are many wonderful things one can discover in a great bookshop. Be it adventure, delight, magic or atmosphere..
Not only are we a friendly hub in the local community, offering a safe and nourishing space, but we are also happy to share our working knowledge of tall tales and super stories with anyone who might need a helping hand.
Titles you won’t find in bigger bookstores…
We have books that many of the larger stores ignore. Stillwater are in the enviable position of seeking and finding pearls that sometimes sink under the radar of the giants. This means we can give little gems some of the starlight they deserve.
Come and see the catches our nets have brought in…
“I’ll read my books
and I’ll drink coffee
and I’ll listen to music
and I’ll bolt the door.”
- J.D. Salinger
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Some of the wonderful titles which will be arriving over the next month or so…
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone, whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye