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City on Fire

City on Fire
  • Author(s): Graham Bartlett
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the world of drugs that consumes the shadowy backstreets of Brighton. Operation Eradicate is her response but not everyone sees it as a positive...

How to Solve Murders Like a Lady

How to Solve Murders Like a Lady
  • Author(s): Hannah Dolby
  • Location(s): Hastings, St Leonards
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Violet Hamilton is no ordinary lady… She is a Lady Detective, who spends her time solving mysteries and unveiling scandals in the bustling seaside town of Hastings and St Leonards, a popular spot for the Victorian middle classes. But...

The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour
  • Author(s): Jacquie Bloese
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

At the golden hour, hidden truths and desires come to light . . . In the genteel squares of late-Victorian Brighton, Ellen and Reynold Harper – twins, companions, colleagues – ply their trade as portrait photographers. But at the...

Bones of Contention

Bones of Contention
  • Author(s): Candy Denman
  • Location(s): Hastings
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

A police doctor tries to extricate herself from a tricky situation in this gripping medical thriller When human remains are discovered in the garden of a house in the seaside town of Hastings, Dr Callie Hughes can’t resist trying...

Her Perfect Revenge

Her Perfect Revenge
  • Author(s): Lesley Sanderson
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On the surface we were the perfect couple, but no one knows what we’ve been hiding… Just six hours ago, Alex and I were married. It was a beautiful wedding by the sea, on the beach we’ve always loved....

The Stargazers

The Stargazers
  • Author(s): Harriet Evans
  • Location(s): Hampstead, West Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1950s/1970s

It’s the 1970s, and Sarah has spent a lifetime trying to bury memories of her childhood: the constant fear, the horror of her school days, and Fane, the vast, crumbling house that was the sole obsession of her mother,...

The Last Word

The Last Word
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Shoreham
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy case such as murder to come...

The Night Out

The Night Out
  • Author(s): Wendy Clarke
  • Location(s): West Sussex
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Elise thought she had left her old life behind her when she married the love of her life and started a new family. But the shadows of her past refuse to leave her and she’s haunted by a constant...

We Were Sisters

We Were Sisters
  • Author(s): Wendy Clarke
  • Location(s): Sussex Downs
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kelly is struggling after the birth of her third child. One day, she finds a locket in her baby’s pushchair. It was the one her foster-sister Freya had been wearing when she died. The find brings back haunting memories...

The Great Deceiver

The Great Deceiver
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1966

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed...

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