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Marking Time (The Cazalet Chronicle Book 2)

Marking Time (The Cazalet Chronicle Book 2)
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Jane Howard
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1939

Home Place, Sussex, 1939. The English family at war . . . The sunlit days of childish games and family meals are over, as the shadows of war roll in to cloud the lives of one English family. At...

Meet Me At Pebble Beach

Meet Me At Pebble Beach
  • Author(s): Bella Osborne
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Regan is holding a winning lottery ticket. Goodbye to the boyfriend who never had her back, and so long to the job she can’t stand! Except it’s all a bit too good to be true… When Regan gets pranked,...

Murder Lust

Murder Lust
  • Author(s): Candy Denman
  • Location(s): Hastings
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Police doctor Callie Hughes is having doubts about her life on the south coast after her boyfriend’s move to Belfast, when a mysterious death draws her once again into a criminal investigation. A woman is found dead in a...

My Policeman

My Policeman
  • Author(s): Bethan Roberts
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

It is in 1950s’ Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten – determined her love will be enough for them both. A few...

Need You Dead

Need You Dead
  • Author(s): Peter James
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Lorna Belling, desperate to escape the marriage from hell, falls for the charms of another man who promises her the earth. But, as Lorna finds, life seldom follows the plans you’ve made. A chance photograph on a client’s mobile...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go
  • Author(s): Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Location(s): East Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s and early 2000s

In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go...

New Brighton

New Brighton
  • Author(s): Helen Trevorrow
  • Location(s): Brighton, Antarctica, Argentina, New York City (NYC), Portland (Oregon)
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Contemporary

During a vicious storm, a battered ship runs aground on Brighton beach. While the city on the sea comes to a ghostly standstill, the unusual event triggers an epic journey for young waitress, Robyn Lockhart. First, Robyn needs to...

No Accident

No Accident
  • Author(s): Robert Crouch
  • Location(s): Sussex Downs, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): Present

Is it an accident? Or is it murder? Kent Fisher, an environmental health officer with more baggage than an airport carousel, needs to find out. When he visits Tombstone Adventure Park to investigate a fatal work accident, the details...

No Bodies

No Bodies
  • Author(s): Robert Crouch
  • Location(s): Sussex Downs
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Present

Why would environmental health officer, Kent Fisher, show any interest in finding Daphne Witherington, the missing wife of a longstanding family friend? The police believe she ran off with Colin Miller, a rather dubious caterer, and Kent has problems...

No Life For a Lady

No Life For a Lady
  • Author(s): Hannah Dolby
  • Location(s): Hastings
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1896

Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated… At 28, Violet’s father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet...

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