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- Location(s): Derbyshire
- Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Nineteenth Century
It is 1863. ELIZABETH ‘BESSIE’ GOODWIN, a young woman of conscience and spirit, lives with her grandfather, CAPTAIN FRANCIS GOODWIN, at Wigwell Grange in Derbyshire. In August Bessie is stabbed to death by GEORGE TOWNLEY, to whom she had...
- Location(s): Derbyshire
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 1957 / 2014
The past won’t stay buried forever. November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the...
- Location(s): Eyam
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 1660s
In a wholly original take on the Eyam story, Joanne Burn’s elegant prose, rich in authentic detail, results in a rewarding and timely read — SARAH BURTON, author of ‘The Strange Adventures of H’ Lyrically written, The Hemlock Cure...
- Location(s): The Peak District
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2021/22
‘A tense page-turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting’ – Emma Donoghue ‘Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be’ – The Times At dusk on a November evening in...
- Location(s): Derby, Lake Garda
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Present looking back
One year ago, Leah’s twenty-one-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned near her family-owned luxury resort on the shores of Lake Garda. Now, returning to Italy for the first time since Amy’s death, Leah is shocked to find her family seem...
- Location(s): The Pennines
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
Joe has always loved the moorlands above his home: the wildness, the freedom, the peace. But since his father died, everything has changed, and the moors are no longer a place of refuge. Now the whole community is divided...
- Location(s): The Peak District
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
A missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. With the police in hot pursuit. Scarlett is dancing in the school talent show tomorrow. Nana, who Scarlett lives with since...
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain
- Location(s): The Pennines, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
One of Waterstones Best Books to Look Forward to in 2021 The Bookseller’s Book of the Month A Guardian 2021 Literary Highlight “I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had...
- Location(s): The Peak District
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1960s and 2002
* A missing singer * A doomed love story * A family split by secrets & lies 1967: Enigmatic young folk singer Molly Marrison disappears on the cusp of fame.2002: Silva is working as a housemaid at Chatsworth House...
- Location(s): Derbyshire
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror. Her image did the same. ‘There’s another world in there.’ ‘We could float in and out of it.’ Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike that...
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