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So Pretty

So Pretty
  • Author(s): Ronnie Turner
  • Location(s): Rye
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fear blisters through this town like a fever… When Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he will be able to settle down and leave his past behind him. Little does he know that fear...

Starlings

Starlings
  • Author(s): Erinna Mettler
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1960s, Modern

Starlings is a daisy-chain novel set in Brighton. Each chapter tells the story of one of its varied inhabitants. Disparate lives collide in surprising ways, showing that destinies are often shaped by those we live beside. In a coastal...

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...

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids
  • Author(s): John Wyndham
  • Location(s): Isle of Wight, London, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Horror
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been...

The Flow (The Lady of the Pier #2)

The Flow (The Lady of the Pier #2)
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Brighton, Moraitika
  • Genre(s): Historical, Paranormal, Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s, 1940s & 1980s

She won’t find peace until she finds redemption. But it’ll take more than love; it’ll take two worlds, to merge into one. CORFU 1988 Sofia arrives in Vassilaki brokenhearted over Danny. Just as a new boy comes into her...

The Fortnight in September

The Fortnight in September
  • Author(s): R C Sheriff
  • Location(s): Bognor Regis
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Domestic life at 22 Corunna Road in Dulwich, is exchanged for a train journey via Clapham Junction to the south coast,two weeks living in lodgings and going to the beach every day. This is the story of one family’s...

The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour
  • Author(s): William Nicholson
  • Location(s): Lewes
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

She loves him. She’s happy. But could she be happier? Maggie and Andrew are lovers who live apart – Maggie in the country, Andrew in town. When Andrew is offered a job close to Maggie, moving in with her...

The House on Cold Hill

The House on Cold Hill
  • Author(s): Peter James
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern

The House on Cold Hill is a chilling and suspenseful ghost story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Dead Simple, Peter James. Moving from the heart of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for Ollie and...

The Liar’s Chair

The Liar’s Chair
  • Author(s): Rebecca Whitney
  • Location(s): Brighton, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Rachel Teller and her husband David appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business . . . They have everything. However, control, not love, fuels their relationship and David has no idea his wife indulges in...

The Light Keeper

The Light Keeper
  • Author(s): Cole Moreton
  • Location(s): East Sussex, Beachy Head
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sarah stands on the brink, arms open wide as if to let the wind carry her away. She s come to the high cliffs to be alone, to face the truth about her life, to work out what to...

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