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The Black Madonna of Derby

The Black Madonna of Derby
  • Author(s): Joanna Czechowska
  • Location(s): Derby, Krakow, Warsaw
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s, 1970s

Three generations of a Polish immigrant family are living in Derby in 1964 when the grandmother decides she wants to return to her homeland to make peace with her relatives and await death. Her war-traumatised daughter remains in Derby...

The Drowning Place

The Drowning Place
  • Author(s): Sarah Hilary
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back to early 2000s

EVERY PLACE HAS ITS GHOSTS. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board drowned. Everyone,...

The Fell

The Fell
  • Author(s): Sarah Moss
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021/22

‘A tense page-turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting’ – Emma Donoghue ‘Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be’ – The Times At dusk on a November evening in...

The Keeper of Songs

The Keeper of Songs
  • Author(s): Fiona Mountain
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1960s and 2002

* A missing singer * A doomed love story * A family split by secrets & lies 1967: Enigmatic young folk singer Molly Marrison disappears on the cusp of fame.2002: Silva is working as a housemaid at Chatsworth House...

The Man in the Moss

The Man in the Moss
  • Author(s): Phil Rickman
  • Location(s): The Pennines
  • Genre(s): Horror
  • Era(s): Modern

Perfectly preserved in black peat, the Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century. But for the isolated community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign—a danger to the ancient spiritual tradition....

The Other Guest

The Other Guest
  • Author(s): Helen Cooper
  • Location(s): Derby, Lake Garda
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present looking back

One year ago, Leah’s twenty-one-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned near her family-owned luxury resort on the shores of Lake Garda. Now, returning to Italy for the first time since Amy’s death, Leah is shocked to find her family seem...

The Quickening

The Quickening
  • Author(s): Rhiannon Ward
  • Location(s): Derbyshire
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Thriller
  • Era(s): Post war period

Country houses can be such spooky places and Rhiannon Ward who has written the Derbyshire crime novels shows us one with her new novel The Quickening. Her gothic novel is about Clewer Hall. It is the country house shutting...

The Shrouded Path

The Shrouded Path
  • Author(s): Sarah Ward
  • Location(s): Derbyshire
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1957 / 2014

The past won’t stay buried forever. November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the...

The Spoiled Heart

The Spoiled Heart
  • Author(s): Sunjeev Sahota
  • Location(s): Chesterfield
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again. Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer...

The Visitors

The Visitors
  • Author(s): Miranda Rijks
  • Location(s): The Peak District
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Current Day

Hannah’s perfect life takes a dark turn when visitors Mike and Nadia come to stay at her beautiful holiday rental – they are noisy, dirty, and disrespectful. But she gradually realises that property damage is the least of her...

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