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The Mystery Of Yew Tree House

The Mystery Of Yew Tree House
  • Author(s): Lesley Thomson
  • Location(s): Bishopstone
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1940s and Present Day

1940. At Yew Tree House, recently widowed Adelaide Stride is raising her two daughters alone – but it’s not just the threat of German invasion that keeps her up at night. She is surrounded by enemies posing as allies...

The Sussex Pond Murder

The Sussex Pond Murder
  • Author(s): Richard Sorapure
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1983

The Sussex Pond Murder centres upon the mysterious death of Michelle Gagneux, a French teacher at St Wilfrid’s Prep School for boys, who is found lifeless in the school pond in the winter of 1983. The story follows Michael...

Don’t Swipe Right

Don’t Swipe Right
  • Author(s): L M Chilton
  • Location(s): Eastbourne
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

They say romance is dead, but if Eastbourne barista Gwen can’t catch the mystery killer who’s targeting every man she’s ever dated, it’s about to get a whole lot deadlier. A twisty, fast-paced and darkly hilarious modern murder mystery...

Murder At Abbeymead Farm (Flora Steele #6)

Murder At Abbeymead Farm (Flora Steele #6)
  • Author(s): Merryn Allingham
  • Location(s): Brighton, London, Sussex Downs
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): 1957

Amateur detective duo Flora Steele and Jack Carrington have gained a reputation for crime-solving. But will they be able to untangle the latest baffling murder in the cosy village of Abbeymead? Sussex, 1957: When Flora and Jack hear that...

The Great Deceiver

The Great Deceiver
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Cosy 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 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...

Murder At St Saviour’s (Flora Steele #5)

Murder At St Saviour’s (Flora Steele #5)
  • Author(s): Merryn Allingham
  • Location(s): Sussex, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1950s

Bookshop owner and amateur detective Flora Steele teams up with handsome crime writer Jack Carrington to unravel a curious murder in the village of Abbeymead! Sussex, 1956: When Flora and her partner-in-crime-solving, Jack, arrive at the charming church of...

So Pretty

So Pretty
  • Author(s): Ronnie Turner
  • Location(s): Rye
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fear blisters through this town like a fever… When Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he will be able to settle down and leave his past behind him. Little does he know that fear...

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...

Force of Hate

Force of Hate
  • Author(s): Graham Bartlett
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a firebomb attack at a Brighton travellers’ site kills women and children, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe has strong reason to believe the new, dubiously elected, far-right council leader is behind the murders. Against the direct orders of her...

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