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The Turning of the Tide

The Turning of the Tide
  • Author(s): Liz Shakespeare
  • Location(s): Bideford, Clovelly
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th century

Devon, 1871 Young and vulnerable Selina Burman from Clovelly and her two young children are confined in the harsh environment of Bideford Workhouse. She can only observe them from a distance and despairs of a better future. Her prospects...

The Wanderers

The Wanderers
  • Author(s): Tim Pears
  • Location(s): Devon, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Pre-WW1

The beautiful, questing second novel in Tim Pears’ acclaimed West Country trilogy 1912. Leo is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in...

The Whispering House

The Whispering House
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Brooks
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s suicide five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a portrait of Stella – a portrait...

The Worst Christmas Ever?

The Worst Christmas Ever?
  • Author(s): Rebecca Paulinyi
  • Location(s): South Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can the magic of the Christmas season be rediscovered in a small Devon town? When Shirley ‘Lee’ Jones returns home from an awful day at the office, the last thing she expects to find is her husband in bed...

Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall (book 6)

Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall (book 6)
  • Author(s): Hannah Dennison
  • Location(s): South Hams, Devon
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Mistletoe and murder at Honeychurch Hall… It’s ten days before Christmas at Honeychurch Hall and Kat Stanford has persuaded the Earl of Grenville to open the Museum Room to the villagers in an effort to raise money for rooftop...

Touch

Touch
  • Author(s): Mark Sennen
  • Location(s): Plymouth
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Present day

Harry likes pretty things. He likes to look at them. Sometimes that isn’t enough. He wants to get closer. Naughty Harry. DI Charlotte Savage and her team in Plymouth are struggling with their investigation into a string of horrific...

Undercliff

Undercliff
  • Author(s): Mark Brand
  • Location(s): South London, Branscombe, Sidmouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1972

It’s the summer of 1972, and 30-something divorcee Martyn returns to London after some years away. He joins the Olive Grove, a religious community, where he forms a relationship with Amelia. Over time Martyn becomes suspicious of the Olive...

Weltanschauung

Weltanschauung
  • Author(s): Vikki Patis
  • Location(s): Hertfordshire, Plymouth
  • Genre(s): Horror, Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2016

The harbinger, the oddball, the remaining twin… Weltanschauung seeks to open your eyes to different stories, set in different worlds and at different times, but with the same theme in mind: to make you question your worldview. This collection...

Willoughby’s Return

Willoughby’s Return
  • Author(s): Jane Odiwe
  • Location(s): Devon, Lyme Regis
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Regency

In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, when Marianne Dashwood marries Colonel Brandon, she puts her heartbreak over dashing scoundrel John Willoughby in the past. Three years later, Willoughby’s return throws Marianne into a tizzy of painful memories and exquisite...

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