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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
  • Author(s): Kate Bradbury
  • Location(s): Birmingham, Brighton
  • Era(s): Modern

Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. She documents the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the garden, the rewilding of a...

The Chalky Sea

The Chalky Sea
  • Author(s): Clare Flynn
  • Location(s): Eastbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): World War 2

Two troubled people struggle to find their way in a turbulent world. In July 1940, Gwen Collingwood drops her husband at the railway station, knowing she may never see him again. Two days later her humdrum world is torn...

The Companion

The Companion
  • Author(s): Lesley Thomson
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Mystery, LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, seven people have seen more than they should… The new chilling thriller from Lesley Thomson. James Ritchie was looking forward to a boys’ day out with his...

The Deadly Spark

The Deadly Spark
  • Author(s): Roxie Key
  • Location(s): Brighton, Plockton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020s

Deadly fires are lighting up Brighton, and the latest case is alarmingly close to home for DC Eve Starling. The blaze was deliberately set, and a mother and daughter didn’t make it out of the smoke. Eve’s investigation takes...

The Embalmer

The Embalmer
  • Author(s): Alison Belsham
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
  • Era(s): Current day

Has the ancient Egyptian cult of immortality resurfaced in Brighton? When a freshly-mummified body is discovered at the Brighton Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Sullivan is at a loss to identify the desiccated woman. But as Egyptian burial...

THE EXES

THE EXES
  • Author(s): Jane Lythell
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Noir
  • Era(s): Now. Contemporary.

Holly Hilborne unexpectedly inherits a large and dilapidated house in Brighton from her reclusive aunt. Daunted by the challenge the house represents, Holly recruits her three ex-lovers: Ray, a builder, Spencer, an artist, and James, an osteopath, to help...

The First Widow

The First Widow
  • Author(s): Rob Starr
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Over a hundred husbands dead. One prisoner. Countless secrets. The most horrifying case of Kiara Fox’s career . . . Kiara Fox leads a seemingly ordinary life as a highly respected fraud investigator. With a loving husband and twin...

The Foreshadowing

The Foreshadowing
  • Author(s): Marcus Sedgwick
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1915, WWI

Sasha can see the future. But can she use her power to save her brothers and change their destiny? A stunning World War One anniversary edition of the mesmerising novel from award-winning author, Marcus Sedgwick. It is 1915, WWI....

The Great Deceiver

The Great Deceiver
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960s

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 by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver....

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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