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Dennis Bisskit and the Man from Paris with the Very Large Head

Dennis Bisskit and the Man from Paris with the Very Large Head
  • Author(s): Stephen Ainley
  • Location(s): Birmingham, Dudley
  • Genre(s): Humour, Crime
  • Era(s): 1969

Set in Dudley and Birminghay in 1969, Dennis Bisskit and best friend, Stinky Blackshaw, have recently left the army and begun a new career as Dudley’s finest (and only) private investigators. Full of the laughter and hilarious situations that...

DISSENT

DISSENT
  • Author(s): Françoise Montgomery
  • Location(s): Welsh Borders, Heredfordshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980S

SYNOPSIS: Jan is persuaded by husband and son, William, to move to rural smallholding on the Welsh borders, strong Chapel country. It’s a far cry from her urban life. DISSENT is a powerful story of Jan’s struggle for acceptance:...

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...

Double Room

Double Room
  • Author(s): Anne Sénès, Alice Banks (Translator)
  • Location(s): London, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s / contemporary

London, late 1990s. Stan, a young and promising French composer, is invited to arrange the music for a theatrical adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. The play will never be staged, but Stan meets Liv, the love of his...

Fade To Grey

Fade To Grey
  • Author(s): John Lincoln
  • Location(s): Bristol, Cardiff
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Gethin Grey is the man you call when there’s nowhere else to turn. His Last Resort Legals team investigates miscarriages of justice. But Gethin is running out of options himself: his gambling is out of control, his marriage is...

FALL OUT

FALL OUT
  • Author(s): M N Grenside
  • Location(s): California, London, Switzerland, The Philippines, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): PRESENT

An LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script, FALL OUT – a thriller destined to be a blockbuster but written with a secret double purpose. Echoing events from the past the screenplay is sent to a...

Fat Dogs and French Estates – Part 1

Fat Dogs and French Estates – Part 1
  • Author(s): Beth Haslam
  • Location(s): France, England
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern (post 2007)

Buying a country estate in France seemed such a simple thing to accomplish. When Beth, her irascible husband Jack, and their two fat dogs set off, little do they know that it will become such an extraordinary adventure. Surviving...

Five Down

Five Down
  • Author(s): Tom Sibson
  • Location(s): York
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Now

Following a horrific murder in a sleepy suburb of York, a local journalist receives a cryptic clue from someone claiming to be the killer. The clue hints at where the next murder will take place. Teaming up with the...

Funnily Enough

Funnily Enough
  • Author(s): Sophie Neville
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1991

When Sophie collapses on the set of a television drama, she is forced to take stock of her life. Suspecting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the BBC doctor prescribes an unusual treatment: “Keep a diary.” So, armed with watercolours and with...

Gallows Drop

Gallows Drop
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive. With her leave period imminent, she’s...

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