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The Search Party

The Search Party
  • Author(s): Hannah Richell
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Five old friends. One glamping weekend. A storm that will change everything. Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. They invite old university friends –...

The Secret Beach

The Secret Beach
  • Author(s): Veronica Henry
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Twenty years. One secret. A promise never to tell… Nikki finally owns the little coastguard cottage of her dreams – and it’s a few steps away from the hidden beach that means so much to her. But when a...

The Serpent’s Root

The Serpent’s Root
  • Author(s): M J Logue
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): English Civil War

After Marston Moor. After Naseby. War returns to the West Country. Book 5 in the bestselling Uncivil Wars series, featuring the adventures of Hollie Babbitt and his rebel rabble of Parliamentarian cavalry. Cornwall, 1646. Thomas Fairfax and the Army...

The Shell House Detectives

The Shell House Detectives
  • Author(s): Emylia Hall
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Shell House Detectives Mystery, Book 1 Welcome to the coastal paradise of Porthpella, where murder lurks among the dunes… Late one night, a distraught young man knocks on the door of retired and recently widowed Ally Bright’s remote...

The Shifting Pools

The Shifting Pools
  • Author(s): Zoe Duncnan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fleeing war and the death of her family, Eve has carefully constructed a new life for herself in London. Yet she is troubled by vivid, disturbing dreams, symptoms of her traumatic past, which intrude increasingly on her daily life....

The Skylark’s War

The Skylark’s War
  • Author(s): Hilary McKay
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): WW1

Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2018. The Skylarks’ War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay. Clarry...

The Slow Lane Walkers Club

The Slow Lane Walkers Club
  • Author(s): Rosa Temple
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A feel-good tale of unlikely friendship, community and learning to live life in the slow lane, perfect for fans of Clare Pooley and Hazel Prior Daniel isn’t used to living life in the slow lane. So when he finds...

The Stranger

The Stranger
  • Author(s): Kate Riordan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940s

Cornwall, 1940. In the hushed hours of deepest night a young woman is found washed up on the rocks. Was it a tragic accident? Or should the residents of Penhallow have been more careful about whom they invited in?...

The Stranger From The Sea (Poldark Book 8)

The Stranger From The Sea (Poldark Book 8)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 18th Century

Cornwall 1810. The Poldark family awaits the return of Ross from his mission to Wellington’s army in Portugal. But their ordered existence ends with Jeremy Poldark’s dramatic rescue of the stranger from the sea. Stephen Carrington’s arrival in the...

The Summer Holiday

The Summer Holiday
  • Author(s): Jo Clegg
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two weeks. Two families. What could possibly go wrong…? Claire Swift can’t think of anything worse than another holiday with the Wellbeloved family. The last trip together was a complete disaster – yet somehow, despite Claire’s best efforts, they’re...

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