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The House by the Sea

The House by the Sea
  • Author(s): Santa Montefiore
  • Location(s): Devon, Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1966 forward to 2009

The Italian storyline begins in 1966 with Floriana, a ten-year-old girl who lives with her drunken father in a small village in Tuscany. 2009 we meet Marina, a woman in her fifties who runs a hotel on the Devon...

The House Of A Hundred Whispers

The House Of A Hundred Whispers
  • Author(s): Graham Masterton
  • Location(s): Dartmoor
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a windswept moor, an old house guards its secrets… All Hallows Hall is a rambling Tudor mansion on the edge of the bleak and misty Dartmoor. It is not a place many would choose to live. Yet the...

The Last Night

The Last Night
  • Author(s): Cesca Major
  • Location(s): Devon, Lynmouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern and 1952

In a quiet coastal village, Irina spends her days restoring furniture, passing the time in peace and hiding away from the world. A family secret, long held and never discussed, casts a dark shadow and Irina chooses to withdraw...

The Long Call

The Long Call
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): North Devon
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father’s funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community...

The Retreat

The Retreat
  • Author(s): Sarah Pearse
  • Location(s): South Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is a warning for all our guests at the wellness retreat. A woman’s body has been found at the bottom of the cliff beneath the yoga pavilion. We believe her death was a tragic accident, though DS Elin...

The Swallow and the Hummingbird

The Swallow and the Hummingbird
  • Author(s): Santa Montefiore
  • Location(s): Argentina, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

When George Bolton returns home to Devon at the end of the war, Rita assumes that her childhood sweetheart will marry her as they had planned. But the boy who joined the RAF has returned a man, and a...

The Victory Garden

The Victory Garden
  • Author(s): Rhys Bowen
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is...

The Whispering Trees

The Whispering Trees
  • Author(s): Anne Allan
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

“They call me a witch, Liv, and maybe I am, in a manner of speaking.” Olivia doesn’t believe in magic. No sensible person does. So why, when the family moves to Devon after her dad’s accident, does the hill...

We Bought a Zoo

We Bought a Zoo
  • Author(s): Benjamin Mee
  • Location(s): Dartmoor
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to France to pursue their dream of restoring an old barn near Nimes.That dream then became much, much bigger, as they...

Whatever it Takes

Whatever it Takes
  • Author(s): Adele Parks
  • Location(s): Dartmouth, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his. There are compensations, however....

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