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What We Left Behind

What We Left Behind
  • Author(s): Luisa A Jones
  • Location(s): South Wales
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Dodie Fitznorton’s quiet life is shattered when five East End children are evacuated to Plas Norton. Amidst the upheaval, she finds an unexpected ally in their enigmatic American teacher, Patrick Winter. While falling for him is easy, trusting him...

When The War Came Home

When The War Came Home
  • Author(s): Lesley Parr, David Dean (Cover Artist)
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Post WW1

A STIRRING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS. The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who...

Where She Went

Where She Went
  • Author(s): Beverley Jones
  • Location(s): Mumbles
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to the strange new world of Melanie Black. She used to report on murder cases – but now she finds herself the victim of one TV journalist Melanie Black wakes up one morning next to a man she...

Where the Wilderness Lives

Where the Wilderness Lives
  • Author(s): Jess Butterworth
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children, Thriller

An epic race for survival that follows four children and their dog through treacherous waterways, dense forests and the deep, dark wilderness of Wales. From author Jess Butterworth comes a beautifully written adventure story in a vibrantly described setting...

Wild Spinning Girls

Wild Spinning Girls
  • Author(s): Carol Lovekin
  • Location(s): South Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020

Ty’r Cwmwl held its breath for years after the previous owner died. The house made room for her ghost. She brought magic with her. Ida Llewellyn loses her job and her parents in the space of a few weeks...

Winter’s Cry

Winter’s Cry
  • Author(s): Cheryl Rees-Price
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The grim discovery of a body brings up a past that threatens to rip a community apart. Whilst a farmer is tearing up trees near the boundary of a reclusive commune in the Welsh hills, he unearths the remains...

Word on the Street

Word on the Street
  • Author(s): Romy Wood
  • Location(s): Cardiff
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction

From http://wots1.eventbrite.co.uk: The homeless are dying: a pestilence is sweeping them off the streets, while the authorities herd the not-yet-dead into sinister ‘clinics’ in derelict industrial wastelands… until suddenly The Public is no longer immune. Word on the Street...

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