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The Killer on the Wall

The Killer on the Wall
  • Author(s): Emma Kavanagh
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hadrian’s Wall…. The first body comes as a shock The second brings horror The third signals the beginning of a nightmare When fifteen-year-old Isla Bell finds three bodies propped against Hadrian’s Wall, her whole world falls apart. In such...

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Hazel Gaynor
  • Location(s): Northumberland, Rhode Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1838/1938

1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves. But her actions set in motion...

The Longest Goodbye

The Longest Goodbye
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Three years ago police officer Georgina Ioannau was murdered, her killers never brought to justice. Now the prime suspects have been shot dead within hours of their return to the UK. Has someone finally taken the law into their...

The Magpie

The Magpie
  • Author(s): Marrisse Whittaker
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

A killer who runs rings around the police. A detective who is out of control. Meet DSI Wilde. Wilde by name. Wild by nature. DSI Billie Wilde is on a mission to catch the killer responsible for a horrific...

The Penford Manor Murders

The Penford Manor Murders
  • Author(s): Fiona Veitch Smith
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930

It’s open season at Penford Manor! But someone has murder in their sights… At Penford Manor, the guests are arriving to celebrate the start of the grouse-hunting season: lords and ladies, barons and baronesses, a Member of Parliament –...

The Serpent House

The Serpent House
  • Author(s): Bea Davenport
  • Location(s): Berwick upon Tweed
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Victorian and medieval

Set in 1899, the story is about Annie and her older brother, who go to work in the eerie Hexer Hall. Soon we find that Annie can travel in time – and she ends up in the frightening medieval...

The Serpent Sword

The Serpent Sword
  • Author(s): Matthew Harffy
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 633 AD

AD 633 Beobrand is a young man with a shadowy past. As an outsider in the kingdom of Bernicia, he is compelled to join his brother, Octa, as a warrior in the household of King Edwin. He must learn...

When We Were Young

When We Were Young
  • Author(s): Dawn Goodwin
  • Location(s): Northumberland, North of England
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1992 and the Present Day

Four best friends. One of them is dead. Are their secrets safe? Uni friends Stacey, Paula, Bev and Valentina used to be inseparable until one weekend before graduation when nothing was ever the same again. Thirty years later, reunited...

You Can Run

You Can Run
  • Author(s): Trevor Wood
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set in fictional Coldburn, Northumberland. It wasn’t her dad they were after. It was her. Ruby Winter is surprised when her reclusive father invites a stranger into their house. She eavesdrops on their conversation and is alarmed when she...

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