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Six Stories

Six Stories
  • Author(s): Matt Wesolowski
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1997 and 2017

1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories...

The Darkest Evening

The Darkest Evening
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope’s only thought is to get there quickly. But the snow is so heavy, she becomes disoriented and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead...

The First Time I Saw Your Face

The First Time I Saw Your Face
  • Author(s): Hazel Osmond
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Jennifer had it all. Until a terrible accident took almost everything. When she moves back home, with her interfering ex right on the doorstep, the future doesn’t look that bright. Until she meets Mack. Sexy, dishevelled and just a...

The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5)

The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5)
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend ....

The Hermitage

The Hermitage
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Florence, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate. With no apparent motive, it’s their job to unravel why he was murdered – and this time they’re...

The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn

The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn
  • Author(s): Sue Reed
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Covid Pandemic 2020 and 1649 Witch Trials

It’s spring 2020 and fifteen-year-old Molly McFlynn is uprooted from town life by her mam to live with her bohemian grandparents in rural Northumberland. Molly is furious – her friends abandon her, the food is inedible and her grandmother...

The Second Chance Supper Club

The Second Chance Supper Club
  • Author(s): Caroline Roberts
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Could a new start heal her appetite for life? When Cath moves to a rural Northumberland village to escape her husband’s betrayal and a life that no longer feels her own, she’s determined to embrace a fresh start. But...

The Murder Wall

The Murder Wall
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives...

Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope #4)

Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope #4)
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Tyne Valley
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she’s uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But a closer inspection...

The Midwife

The Midwife
  • Author(s): Tricia Cresswell
  • Location(s): London, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century

A haunting and moving debut, The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked, near death on the Northumberland moors. She has...

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