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Outcast
  • Author(s): Dianne Noble
  • Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta), Penzance
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A café in Cornwall, October 2014. A frightening phone call to ROSE from her ex-husband Tom. ELLIE, their daughter, has not returned from her gap year. Is living in India helping the Untouchables. Terrified for her daughter’s safety she...

Crossed Bones

Crossed Bones
  • Author(s): Jane Johnson
  • Location(s): Morocco, Penzance
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern , 1620s

This is a fictional account of a pirate raid which occured off of the Cornish coastline in the 1600s, but is actually based on historical facts that have been meticulously researched. 60 villagers are captured and stolen off to...

The White Hare

The White Hare
  • Author(s): Jane Johnson
  • Location(s): Penwith
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1954

In a valley steeped in legend lies an abandoned house where Edens may be lost, found and remade… The White Valley in the far west of Cornwall cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea. The house above...

A Cornish Escape

A Cornish Escape
  • Author(s): Jenny Kane
  • Location(s): Sennen, Penzance
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Phillipa Ashley and Cathy Bramley, this summer romance is sure to warm your heart. Abi’s life is turned upside down when she is widowed before her thirtieth birthday. Determined to find something positive...

A Cornish Wedding

A Cornish Wedding
  • Author(s): Jenny Kane
  • Location(s): Penwith
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Abi has what she’s always dreamed of: her perfect Cornish cottage, great friends and a gorgeous boyfriend. But her idyll is shattered when a new neighbour moves in next door. Rude and obnoxious, Cassandra doesn’t make a good first...

Fairest Creatures

Fairest Creatures
  • Author(s): Karen Taylor
  • Location(s): Penzance
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2019

Looks to Die For A serial killer’s dark obsession with the preservation of beauty sees him return to stalk the streets of Penzance, Cornwall in the summer of 2019. It’s 23 years since his first victims went missing, setting...

The Lost Girls of Penzance

The Lost Girls of Penzance
  • Author(s): Sally Rigby
  • Location(s): Penzance
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Cornwall Murder Mystery Book 1 The pale outline of bones in the dew-laden grass catches and holds Lauren’s gaze. In the distance, she can hear the faint sound of crashing waves and the eerie screech of seagulls. Whose...

The Swordfish and the Star

The Swordfish and the Star
  • Author(s): Gavin Knight
  • Location(s): Penwith
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Environmental
  • Era(s): Various

The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century....

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