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The Mousehole Cat

The Mousehole Cat
  • Location(s): Mousehole
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 20th Century

This is the stunningly illustrated story of the seaside village of Mousehole Cornwall, where Mowzer the cat lives happily with old fisherman Tom – Tom who rocks the rocking chair just right, and catches fresh fish for dinner every...

The Mystery on the Cornish Coast

The Mystery on the Cornish Coast
  • Author(s): Christine McHaines
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

A fun private investigator caper set in a sunnier part of the British Isles Young PI Quentin Cadbury has been sleeping soundly until an international criminal whom he helped put behind bars escapes prison. The villain he knows only...

The Postcard

The Postcard
  • Author(s): Fern Britton
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything . . . Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn’t always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she’s estranged from her mother and sister. For years she’s kept...

The Power of the Wouivre

The Power of the Wouivre
  • Author(s): Emma Hine
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Time Slip
  • Era(s): Medieval / Present

Medieval Tuscany is a world of strict divisions – class, politics, gender, and religion – where everyone is bound to their place. Guidaloste degli Orzotti, a young nobleman from 13th-century Siena, has always felt like an outsider. He avoids...

The Reading Party

The Reading Party
  • Author(s): Fenella Gentleman
  • Location(s): Oxford, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

It is the 1970s and and Oxford’s male-dominated institutions are finally opening their doors to women… Sarah Addleshaw is a young and spirited academic, determined to prove her worth as she starts term as her college’s first and only...

The Return

The Return
  • Author(s): Shani Struthers
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When worlds collide… Two years ago death drove Aiden Taylor from UK shores and now death has drawn him back. Mourning the loss of his wife, he is returning to bury his father-in-law and support the remaining members of...

The Returning Tide

The Returning Tide
  • Author(s): Liz Fenwick
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

In wartime Cornwall, 1943, a story between two sisters begins – the story of Adele and Amelia, and the heart-breaking betrayal that will divide them forever. Decades later, the efforts of one reckless act still echo – but how...

The River Between Us

The River Between Us
  • Author(s): Liz Fenwick
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1910s and 2019

Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she...

The Runaway Ex

The Runaway Ex
  • Author(s): Shani Struthers
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Runaways are back… For Layla Lewis, life is finally back on track. After her “runaway year” in Cornwall, another year has passed—an idyllic year spent with sexy new love, Joseph Scott, in the sultry heat of Florence. For...

The Sea Gate

The Sea Gate
  • Author(s): Jane Johnson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets… Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked...

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