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- Location(s): Ashburton
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Juno Browne is a self-appointed Domestic Goddess. From cleaning to dog-walking to caring for the elderly, she flits around the picturesque village of Ashburton in her trusty van ready to turn her hand to anything. Despite warnings to the...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): 1930s
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences. At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the tap-room. They are...
Death of a Diva at Honeychurch Hall (book 7)
- Location(s): South Hams, Devon
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Spring is in the air … and so, too, is the sound of music as the residents of Honeychurch Hall are stunned to learn that the Dowager Countess Lady Edith Honeychurch has agreed to the staging of a production...
- Location(s): Dartmouth
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Medieval
In Dartmouth, a man is found lying dead in the road. But the inhabitants of this little haven dismiss his death as a drunken accident, their attention turned to more worrying matters – piracy. A ship, the St John,...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
E. M. Delafield’s largely autobiographical novel takes the form of a journal written by an upper-middle-class lady living in a Devonshire village. Written with humour, this charming novel is full of the peculiarities of daily life. The Provincial Lady...
Don’t Worry, Everything Is Going To Be Amazing
- Location(s): Worcestershire, Devon, Somerset
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1990s - now
Chris Pringle: simpleton, casualty or local hero? Propped up by biscuits, benefits and a baffling faith in his plan, he lives in a world where every day is obsessively the same: wedged in his recliner, watching murder mysteries, taking...
- Location(s): Appledore
- Genre(s): Humour, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Life hasn’t always been easy for single mum Ella, but she has just hit an all-time low; she’s jobless, loveless, very nearly homeless and, to make matters worse, now the owner of a pocket-sized pooch with a better wardrobe...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
In this first book in an addictive series, unlikely duo retired cop Angus Darrow and cybersecurity expert Charlotte Lockwood team up to find a missing vulnerable young man. Fast-paced and clever, with a strong sense of place, it’s a...
- Location(s): North Devon
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Felix lets himself into Number 3 Black Lane, he’s there to perform an act of charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath . . . But just fifteen minutes later Felix is...
Fever: a Story from a Devon Churchyard
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Nineteenth century
How many of us have wandered through a country churchyard and been moved by the memorials to young children? In this book the author sets out to discover the truth behind a number of graves dating from just one...
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