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Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything
  • Author(s): Laura Kay
  • Location(s): Brighton, Joshua Tree, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Fiction, LGBTQ+
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everything under control, at least that’s what her clients think. As a therapist, she has all the answers but when it comes to her personal...

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark
  • Author(s): Lynne Truss
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After the notorious ‘Middle Street Massacre’ of 1951, when the majority of Brighton’s criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine...

An Amsterdam Affair

An Amsterdam Affair
  • Author(s): Amanda Addison
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Fiction

An Amsterdam Affair follows Sam and her idealistic teenaged son, Matty. Phil, Sam’s husband, is unemployed because of a short-lived affair that cost him his job as a geologist. Sam finds solace in wild swimming and making art in...

Arbitrage

Arbitrage
  • Author(s): Colette Kebell
  • Location(s): London, Brighton, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980s to present

Ryan Logan thinks he has it all… A young attorney specialising in finance and tax law, Logan has earned an impressive reputation and commands a hefty fee for his services. But when he advises his corporate employers against a...

Before I Found You

Before I Found You
  • Author(s): Daisy White
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960's

Do you love gripping mysteries? Then discover Ruby Baker, a young woman with a talent for uncovering the truth. A child found alone on the beach, shouting into the waves. A mother who served ten years for a crime...

Before I Left

Before I Left
  • Author(s): Daisy White
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960's

A LONG HOT SUMMER, A CITY BY THE SEA, AND A SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSE. Nineteen-year-old runaway Ruby Baker and pregnant best friend Mary escape domestic violence in London to find a new home in Brighton. They join...

Before I Trust You

Before I Trust You
  • Author(s): Daisy White
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960s

Rita Stonehill runs in front of the horses on a sunny day at Brighton racecourse. Why did she kill herself and is there more to it than meets the eye? Ruby Baker is shocked to witness this dramatic event....

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock
  • Author(s): Graham Greene
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock tells the story of a young leader of one of the infamous razor gangs in 1930s Brighton who murders a journalist and then finds that his attempts to avoid any possibility of arrest lead him...

Dog Days

Dog Days
  • Author(s): Ericka Waller
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

George is very angry. His wife has upped and died on him, and all he wants to do is sit in his underpants and shout at the cricket. The last thing he needs is his cake-baking neighbour Betty trying...

Find Them Dead

Find Them Dead
  • Author(s): Peter James
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Roy Grace, creation of the award-winning author Peter James, unearths a powerful criminal network in Find Them Dead. Ending his secondment to London’s Met Police, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a county lines drugs mastermind operating out of...

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