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The Coffin Trail

The Coffin Trail
  • Author(s): Martin Edwards
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Oxford historian, Daniel Kind, and his partner, Miranda, both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy a cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic valley in the Lake District. But though they hope to live the dream,...

The Collaborator

The Collaborator
  • Author(s): Gerald Seymour
  • Location(s): London, Naples
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Deadlier than the Mafia, the Camorra never forget, and never forgive. She is an Italian accountancy student in London, and her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to...

The Colour of Memory

The Colour of Memory
  • Author(s): Geoff Dyer
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

‘In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in THE COLOUR OF MEMORY leads past the winning post. “We’re not lost” one of his hero’s friend’s says, “we’re virtually extinct”. It...

The Commuter

The Commuter
  • Author(s): Emma Curtis
  • Location(s): London, West London
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Rachel wakes from a coma to discover her controlling husband has been killed, and the police suspect her of involvement. But all Rachel can recall from the last few weeks are tantalising flashes of a fellow commuter. A man...

The Consul’s Daughter

The Consul’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Jane Jackson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

With family honour at stake, the price of failure is high… The Consul’s Daughter is the first in Jane Jackson’s epic new historical series, The Captain’s Honour. Caseley is the 21-year-old daughter of Teuder Bonython, successful shipyard owner and...

The Cotton Harvest

The Cotton Harvest
  • Author(s): A K Nawaz
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Manchester: England’s Second City. A migrant worker who disappears without trace… A human trafficker who boils his victims alive… A century-old blood sport returns to the streets… Disillusioned police recruit Khorum Choudry is already thinking of quitting when he’s...

The Cove

The Cove
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): The Lizard Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a dream job in publishing. Until, one day, everything changes. The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a...

The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White
  • Author(s): Michael Faber
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Although it’s billed as “the first great 19th-century novel of the 21st century,” The Crimson Petal and the White is anything but Victorian. It’s the story of a well-read London prostitute named Sugar, who spends her free hours composing...

The da Vinci Code

The da Vinci Code
  • Author(s): Dan Brown
  • Location(s): England, Paris, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A murder in the silent after-hours halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of...

The Damage

The Damage
  • Author(s): Howard Linskey
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

There’s a thought that keeps me awake at night: I have to be lucky every time, they only have to get lucky once.’ David Blake is a worried man. He should be enjoying the high life now he’s Newcastle’s...

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