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In Too Deep

In Too Deep
  • Author(s): Bea Davenport
  • Location(s): Alnwick
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

… The window’s so small I can’t see what happens next. But what I do know is that Kim is dead. And I know this, too – that I helped to kill her. Kim, my lovely, only, best friend....

Lady’s Well

Lady’s Well
  • Author(s): L J Ross
  • Location(s): Holystone
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No. 20 in the DCI Ryan series THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE WATER… When the ancient waters of Lady’s Well in the rural village of Holystone begin to run red, it seems to be a nasty Hallowe’en prank and nothing...

Longstone

Longstone
  • Author(s): L J Ross
  • Location(s): Seahouses, The Farne Islands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Viking treasure is discovered beneath the icy waters of the North Sea and local historian Doctor Anna Taylor is called in to help catalogue the most exciting hoard in living memory. But when a shipwreck diver washes up dead,...

Much Ado About You

Much Ado About You
  • Author(s): Samantha Young
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in fictional Alnster in Northumberland At thirty-three-years old, Evie’s life in Chicago is missing that special something. When she’s passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Impulsively, she plans a holiday...

Revenge, Secrets and Lies

Revenge, Secrets and Lies
  • Author(s): M A Macklin
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For over thirty years the Jacksons and the Barbers were liked and admired by their neighbours in Waverley Terrace… After the arrival of Spike McEwan, (the neighbour from hell) their lives become intolerable – music, full-volume, night after night....

Salt Sisters

Salt Sisters
  • Author(s): Katherine Graham
  • Location(s): Seahouses
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No. 1 in the Seahouses Mystery Series What secrets is this seaside village hiding? Izzy’s world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She’s forced to come home from abroad, back to the small...

She Wolf

She Wolf
  • Author(s): Dan Smith
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 866, Vikings

Northumbria, 866. Washed ashore on a frozen English beach, Ylva’s survived. She will not cry. She’s meant to be strong. She’s a Viking. But when her mother dies at the hand of a three-fingered man, and the wolves of...

Silver Spurs and a Twelve Pound Heart

Silver Spurs and a Twelve Pound Heart
  • Author(s): Helen Newman Wood
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current Day

Katie Holland (24) has completed her Equine degree and coaching course, enjoyed two consecutive winters eventing and playing Polo in New Zealand and has her sights firmly set on becoming a top event rider. But her father has had...

The Cunning Woman’s Cup

The Cunning Woman’s Cup
  • Author(s): Sue Hewitt
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary and historical

When Alice McCleish’s gardener Brian unearths an object of great archeological significance deep under the compost heap it is not only Alice and her burgeoning friendship with Margaret Allerton, retired Professor of Anthropology, that are affected; the family, friends...

The Dam

The Dam
  • Author(s): David Almond, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A lyrical, captivating and beautiful picture book by Carnegie Medal-winner David Almond, illustrated by Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Levi Pinfold. When a great dam was built by the Kielder Water in Northumberland, the valley below slowly filled with water. But...

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