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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...

Ulverton

Ulverton
  • Author(s): Adam Thorpe
  • Location(s): Derbyshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th through 20th centuries

At the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans centuries. Different voices tell the story of Ulverton: one of Cromwell’s soldiers staggers home to find his...

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