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The Rest is Silence

The Rest is Silence
  • Author(s): Kevin Scully
  • Location(s): New South Wales, Bethnal Green, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s to 2000s

A monastery is dying.Brother Columba and his frail Abbot face the task of having to leave the rural sanctuary that has been home to an order of monks since its foundation to live in a care home in inner-city...

The Small Museum

The Small Museum
  • Author(s): Jody Cooksley
  • Location(s): London, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Victorian

A chilling historical mystery set against the gothic backdrop of Victorian London, The Small Museum won the Caledonia Novel Award in 2023 and is inspired by the extraordinary treasure trove of curiosities that is the Hunterian Museum in London....

The Village on the Hill

The Village on the Hill
  • Author(s): Annie Doyle
  • Location(s): Gateshead, Bournemouth, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Three women caught up in three global disasters. Will tragedy reunite them or tear them apart for ever? Bournemouth 1912 – Ena Leighton prepares for a new life with her aunt and uncle in a beautiful house with a...

The Weekend Guests

The Weekend Guests
  • Author(s): Liza North
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

FIVE OLD FRIENDS. A REUNION TO DIE FOR . . . A weekend on the wild, beautiful Dorset coast. Seven adults, six kids. A nanny: the ultimate special treat. It should be perfect: old friends, a stunning house, champagne...

The Witches

The Witches
  • Author(s): Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (illustrator)
  • Location(s): Bournemouth, Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 1980s

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don’t ride around on broomsticks. They don’t even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So...

Truth or Dare?

Truth or Dare?
  • Author(s): Laura E James
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kate Blair’s sick of unrequited love. She’s quietly waited for Mickey for the past six years and finding a compass-carved heart, with their initials scratched through the middle, only strengthens her resolve: no more Mickey and no more playing...

What Doesn’t Kill You

What Doesn’t Kill You
  • Author(s): Laura E James
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – but how strong can one person be? Griff Hendry knows what it is to be strong. After a turbulent past, he’s dedicated himself to saving lives, working as a coastguard along...

Willoughby’s Return

Willoughby’s Return
  • Author(s): Jane Odiwe
  • Location(s): Devon, Lyme Regis
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Regency

In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, when Marianne Dashwood marries Colonel Brandon, she puts her heartbreak over dashing scoundrel John Willoughby in the past. Three years later, Willoughby’s return throws Marianne into a tizzy of painful memories and exquisite...

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