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Death in the Cove, an Inspector Ryga Mystery (1)
- Location(s): Portland (Isle of)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1950s
When the body of a man dressed in a pinstriped suit is discovered by war photographer, Eva Paisley, in a secluded cove on Portland Island, Dorset, Inspector Alun Ryga of Scotland Yard is sent to investigate. Recently promoted, the...
Death of a Diva at Honeychurch Hall (book 7)
- Location(s): South Hams, Devon
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Spring is in the air … and so, too, is the sound of music as the residents of Honeychurch Hall are stunned to learn that the Dowager Countess Lady Edith Honeychurch has agreed to the staging of a production...
- Location(s): Dartmouth
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Medieval
In Dartmouth, a man is found lying dead in the road. But the inhabitants of this little haven dismiss his death as a drunken accident, their attention turned to more worrying matters – piracy. A ship, the St John,...
Demelza: A Novel of Cornwall 1788-1790 (Poldark Book 2)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 18th Century
Demelza is the second book in Winston Graham’s hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner’s daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But...
- Location(s): Isles of Scilly
- Genre(s): Police Procedural
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 5 A MISSING CHILD St Martin’s is shrouded in bitterly cold fog when Jade Minear and her twin brother, Ethan, are attacked in a field, late at night. Ethan manages to return home but...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
E. M. Delafield’s largely autobiographical novel takes the form of a journal written by an upper-middle-class lady living in a Devonshire village. Written with humour, this charming novel is full of the peculiarities of daily life. The Provincial Lady...
- Location(s): St Ives
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Present Day
A life-affirming novel about broken but loving families, people making mistakes but doing their best, grief and getting stuck – for readers of ELEANOR OLIPHANT, THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT On her...
Don’t Worry, Everything Is Going To Be Amazing
- Location(s): Worcestershire, Devon, Somerset
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1990s - now
Chris Pringle: simpleton, casualty or local hero? Propped up by biscuits, benefits and a baffling faith in his plan, he lives in a world where every day is obsessively the same: wedged in his recliner, watching murder mysteries, taking...
Dreams of a Little Cornish Cottage
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
In her huge mansion overlooking Wyllow Cove, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Natalia Amore had everything she could possibly want. But her house is empty and Nat yearns for the cosiness and bustle of seaside living. In particular,...
- Location(s): Glastonbury
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern / 1960s
It is autumn in the little Somerset town of Glastonbury. Lance Bradley is just beginning to feel that he is idling away his life there as usual when he receives a call for help from the eccentric sister of...
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