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Fever: a Story from a Devon Churchyard

Fever: a Story from a Devon Churchyard
  • Author(s): Liz Shakespeare
  • 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...

Finding Gina

Finding Gina
  • Author(s): Lizzie Chantree
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Current day

A contemporary romance read with a magical twist! Can a sprinkling of stardust overcome a past full of demons? Gina had traversed the breadth of the country in her little campervan to try and find everyone on her grandmother’s...

Forced Landing: Last Flight of a Viscount

Forced Landing: Last Flight of a Viscount
  • Author(s): Jim Rider
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1980s

This remarkable true story, set in the last days of one of Great Britain’s magnificent airliners, follows the bizarre circumstances that caused a routine flight from Santander to Devon to end in near disaster. The Vickers Viscount’s final flight...

From Beyond The Grave

From Beyond The Grave
  • Author(s): Daniella Bernett
  • Location(s): Torquay
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Buried secrets can kill… The seaside resort of Torquay, along the English Riviera in Devon, is the perfect place for a restful holiday. That’s what journalist Emmeline Kirby desperately needs after her harrowing escapes from spies and others with...

Go West

Go West
  • Author(s): David Quantick
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Humour
  • Era(s): Current

GO WEST is a novel about Charlie Bread, self-styled Antiques Whisperer and forgery hunter. When Charlie is sent on the trail of a mysterious document that may have been written by the inventor of Peter Pan, his life becomes...

Goes Without Saying

Goes Without Saying
  • Author(s): Luisa A Jones
  • Location(s): South Wales, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

“Most people run away from home when they’re in their rebellious teenage phase. But not you, Tom. You waited until you were a forty-year old father to do it.” Tom Field promised his wife Megan he’d never leave her....

Grace & Serenity

Grace & Serenity
  • Author(s): Annalisa Crawford
  • Location(s): Plymouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Living on the streets is terrifying and exhausting. Grace’s only comforts are a steady stream of vodka, and a strange little boy who’s following her around. At nineteen, Grace has already had a child and endured an abusive marriage....

Hingston’s Box

Hingston’s Box
  • Author(s): Decima Blake
  • Location(s): Devon, London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2011-2012

Since investigating the disappearance of fifteen-year-old twin boys, Hingston – a young, talented Detective Sergeant, has been tormented by night terrors. On waking, he remembers a vast, golden meadow that glows with warmth and carries the sound of rapid...

In a Devonshire Carrier’s Van

In a Devonshire Carrier’s Van
  • Author(s): Jan Stewer
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

Interested in tales, rendered in a Devonshire accent, from the early 1900s? Tales of humour and insight punctuate the narrative.

Jane Austen Lives Again

Jane Austen Lives Again
  • Author(s): Jane Odiwe
  • Location(s): Devon, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

When Jane Austen’s doctor discovers the secret to immortal life in 1817, she thinks her wishes have come true. But, a penniless Miss Austen finds herself in 1925 having to become a governess to five girls of an eccentric...

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