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100 Days on Holy Island. A Writer’s Exile.

100 Days on Holy Island.  A Writer’s Exile.
  • Author(s): Peter Mortimer
  • Location(s): Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2002

A quirky, moving account of the author’s self-imposed exile to Holy Island, a remote island off the Northumberland coast, cut off from the mainland twice a day. Peter Mortimer is a playwright and poet, and this is his personal...

A KILLER AMONGST US

A KILLER AMONGST US
  • Author(s): Mark West
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

A night beneath the stars, a few steps away from murder… Jo doesn’t like camping but her trepidation about a guided hiking trip with her husband is offset by the promise of a rewarding pampering afterwards at a luxury...

A Mystery On Tyneside

A Mystery On Tyneside
  • Author(s): Eileen Thornton
  • Location(s): Tyneside
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Agnes Lockwood Mysteries Book 4) Agnes Lockwood is no stranger to crime scenes, but even she is shocked when she finds the body of a man lying on the floor of the ladies’ room. With her partner Alan –...

A Time for Swords

A Time for Swords
  • Author(s): Matthew Harffy
  • Location(s): Northumberland, Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 790s AD

When the Vikings attack, a novice monk’s life is changed forever in Matthew Harffy’s new historical adventure. Lindisfarne, AD793. There had been portents – famine, whirlwinds, lightning from clear skies, serpents seen flying through the air. But when the...

Alice Teale is Missing

Alice Teale is Missing
  • Author(s): H A Linskey
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Howard Linskey writing as H A Linskey. Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. She’s not been seen since. Alice was popular and well-liked, and her boyfriend, friends and family are desperate...

Angel (A DCI Ryan Mystery)

Angel (A DCI Ryan Mystery)
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND  He’ll make you his angel, but first you have to die… After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan’s life is finally beginning to return to normal and he’s looking forward to spending an...

Belle of the Back Streets

Belle of the Back Streets
  • Author(s): Glenda Young
  • Location(s): Ryhope
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1919

Belle of the Back Streets is the first of my three novels set in the north-east coal mining village of Ryhope, Sunderland at the end of WW1. ‘Any rag and bone!’ Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as...

Belsay

Belsay
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Northumberland, The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 23) After a long year of crime-fighting, DCI Ryan and his team are looking forward to a peaceful Christmas filled with festive treats – including the occasional turkey stottie, or three. To celebrate a...

Berwick

Berwick
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 24 Blood never lies… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is living a nightmare. As one of the country’s foremost murder detectives, Ryan knows he can face the worst of humanity and step into the darkest...

Black Fell

Black Fell
  • Author(s): Mari Hannah
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

The truth can be hidden . . . but secrets always surface The peace of Kielder Water is shattered when tourists open a barrel they found floating in the reservoir at dawn. Detectives Stone and Oliver are called to...

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