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The Girls from Alexandria

The Girls from Alexandria
  • Author(s): Carol Cooper
  • Location(s): Alexandria, England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s onwards

Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can’t afford to lose any more of them, not when remembering the past might help with the here and now. Nadia needs help. Help getting out of her hospital...

The Girls Who Disappeared

The Girls Who Disappeared
  • Author(s): Claire Douglas
  • Location(s): Wiltshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980, 1998 and 2018

Three missing girls. A twenty-year mystery. A woman who may be able to crack this cold case. In a rural Wiltshire town lies The Devil’s Corridor. A road which has witnessed eerie happenings from unexplained deaths to the sounds of...

The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5)

The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5)
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend ....

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 Gossamer Trail

The Gossamer Trail
  • Author(s): B D Hawkey
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Victorian

In 1861 Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life – she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in the beautiful River Valley. When Beth starts receiving threatening letters demanding that she...

The Grave Tattoo

The Grave Tattoo
  • Author(s): Val McDermid
  • Location(s): London, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern, various

A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune. It’s summer in the Lake District and heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be...

The Green Remains (Nora Tierney Mystery)

The Green Remains (Nora Tierney Mystery)
  • Author(s): Marni Graff
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

American writer Nora Tierney is living at Ramsey Lodge in England’s glorious Lake District, anticipating two life-changing events: the publication of her first children’s book and the birth of her first child. Choosing a name for her son and...

The Heirloom

The Heirloom
  • Author(s): Julie Brooks
  • Location(s): Brisbane, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 2024 / 1821

A surprise inheritance. A hidden past. Brisbane, 2024 Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she’s the heir to her late grandmother’s cottage. Feeling lost in her...

The Hermitage

The Hermitage
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Florence, Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate. With no apparent motive, it’s their job to unravel why he was murdered – and this time they’re...

The History of Bees

The History of Bees
  • Author(s): Maja Lunde
  • Location(s): England, China, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1851 to 2098

England, 1851. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive—one that will give both him and his children honour and fame. United States, 2007. George is a beekeeper and fights...

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