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City on Fire

City on Fire
  • Author(s): Graham Bartlett
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the world of drugs that consumes the shadowy backstreets of Brighton. Operation Eradicate is her response but not everyone sees it as a positive...

The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour
  • Author(s): Jacquie Bloese
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

At the golden hour, hidden truths and desires come to light . . . In the genteel squares of late-Victorian Brighton, Ellen and Reynold Harper – twins, companions, colleagues – ply their trade as portrait photographers. But at the...

The Great Deceiver

The Great Deceiver
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1966

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed...

Murder At Abbeymead Farm (Flora Steele #6)

Murder At Abbeymead Farm (Flora Steele #6)
  • Author(s): Merryn Allingham
  • Location(s): Brighton, London, Sussex Downs
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): 1957

Amateur detective duo Flora Steele and Jack Carrington have gained a reputation for crime-solving. But will they be able to untangle the latest baffling murder in the cosy village of Abbeymead? Sussex, 1957: When Flora and Jack hear that...

The Great Deceiver

The Great Deceiver
  • Author(s): Elly Griffiths
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960s

Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver....

THE EXES

THE EXES
  • Author(s): Jane Lythell
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Noir
  • Era(s): Now. Contemporary.

Holly Hilborne unexpectedly inherits a large and dilapidated house in Brighton from her reclusive aunt. Daunted by the challenge the house represents, Holly recruits her three ex-lovers: Ray, a builder, Spencer, an artist, and James, an osteopath, to help...

Force of Hate

Force of Hate
  • Author(s): Graham Bartlett
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a firebomb attack at a Brighton travellers’ site kills women and children, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe has strong reason to believe the new, dubiously elected, far-right council leader is behind the murders. Against the direct orders of her...

I Know What You’ve Done

I Know What You’ve Done
  • Author(s): Dorothy Koomson
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On this street, everyone has something to hide. And now someone knows their secrets… Do you have any idea what the people you know are capable of? Bestselling author of All My Lies Are True, Dorothy Koomson, asks how...

New Brighton

New Brighton
  • Author(s): Helen Trevorrow
  • Location(s): Brighton, Antarctica, Argentina, New York City (NYC), Portland (Oregon)
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Contemporary

During a vicious storm, a battered ship runs aground on Brighton beach. While the city on the sea comes to a ghostly standstill, the unusual event triggers an epic journey for young waitress, Robyn Lockhart. First, Robyn needs to...

Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything
  • Author(s): Laura Kay
  • Location(s): Brighton, Joshua Tree, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Fiction, LGBTQ+
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everything under control, at least that’s what her clients think. As a therapist, she has all the answers but when it comes to her personal...

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