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Fatal Connections

Fatal Connections
  • Author(s): David J Boulton
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Victorian

Synopsis. Fatal Connections This compelling Victorian murder mystery is set against a background of the railways, quarries, canals and towns of the rugged Peak district. The story opens with a fatal rail accident in 1875. In the mayhem of...

Reservoir 13

Reservoir 13
  • Author(s): Jon McGregor
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as...

Running out of Road

Running out of Road
  • Author(s): Cath Staincliffe
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. With the police in hot pursuit. Scarlett is dancing in the school talent show tomorrow. Nana, who Scarlett lives with since...

The Drowning Place

The Drowning Place
  • Author(s): Sarah Hilary
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back to early 2000s

EVERY PLACE HAS ITS GHOSTS. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board drowned. Everyone,...

The Fell

The Fell
  • Author(s): Sarah Moss
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021/22

‘A tense page-turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting’ – Emma Donoghue ‘Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be’ – The Times At dusk on a November evening in...

The Keeper of Songs

The Keeper of Songs
  • Author(s): Fiona Mountain
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1960s and 2002

* A missing singer * A doomed love story * A family split by secrets & lies 1967: Enigmatic young folk singer Molly Marrison disappears on the cusp of fame.2002: Silva is working as a housemaid at Chatsworth House...

The Visitors

The Visitors
  • Author(s): Miranda Rijks
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Current Day

Hannah’s perfect life takes a dark turn when visitors Mike and Nadia come to stay at her beautiful holiday rental – they are noisy, dirty, and disrespectful. But she gradually realises that property damage is the least of her...

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