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Two rivers volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
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North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his...
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Two Rivers volume 1
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In North Devon, Detective Inspector Matthew Venn stands outside the crematorium as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict Christian sect in which he grew up, he lost his family too. Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region: a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose. A body has been found on the beach at Crow...
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Quentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded. Mud, mice and quarrels are one thing...
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Two rivers volume 3
Pub. Date
2023
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When Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; that's the sort of man he is. Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This...
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Pub. Date
2021
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Flappy Scott-Booth is the self-appointed queen bee of Badley Compton, a picturesque Devon village. While her husband Kenneth spends his days on the golf course, she is busy overseeing her beautiful house and gardens, and organising unforgettable events, surrounded by friends who hang on to her every word. Her life is a reflection of herself - impossibly perfect. Until the day that Hedda Harvey-Smith and her husband Charles move into the village. Into...
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Flappy volume 2
Pub. Date
2022
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Something is amiss in the village of Badley Compton. Binoculars at the ready, Flappy Scott-Booth is set to investigate. Newcomers have moved in, a young couple from London, delightful no doubt but they do need to know their place. Who better to teach them the ways of this close-knit community than Flappy herself? But Flappy has other distractions. An ardent admirer, a New Year's Ball to organize and manifold appearances to be kept up. How much time...
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Avon
Pub. Date
2020
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Everyone's welcome. But not everyone leaves. Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their family home in Apple Grove, Devon. But despite the desirable location, their house isn't selling. Not a single viewing so far.When their estate agent suggests an open house event, Amber is worried about her nosy neighbours attending, gossiping about why her house has been unusually difficult to sell. But Amber has more to worry about than nosy neighbours....
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Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. The engagement party at the Barton is finally a chance for her and David to celebrate their good news with friends and family. But with obstacles springing up from all angles, there may be more than the dress and the venue to arrange before they can consider walking down the aisle. Ivy Sweet is still ruffling feathers in the village but her harsh exterior falters when a stranger comes looking for her. At the...
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Pub. Date
2021
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Camberwell, 1910. Just when things are going right for aspiring artist Daisy, a dramatic change of family fortune means she must leave the job she loves at theatrical scenery company and head to Devon. Only the silver bangle she wears on her wrist brings comfort, reminding her of Harry, who once promised her his heart. In Devon, life is very different. Lodging with her uncle, she finds herself thrust into life at his busy tavern, scrubbing and washing....
10) The garden house
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Pub. Date
2020
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After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood, she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief, she soon realises there were deep secrets her father was hiding from her.
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The day that Hilary and David have been waiting for has finally arrived and as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride, everyone's fingers are crossed for the day to go without a hitch. There's more love in the air as planning continues for both Dottie and Joe's and Frances and James's nuptials. There's nothing like a wedding to bring the village together. Times are changing in Burracombe and as young and old embark on new adventures...
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Oakhill
Pub. Date
2019
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Lacking confidence after losing her job, Jess takes refuge in the beautiful Devon seaside town of Pennycombe. But it's tricky living with her cousin Ruth, who seems permanently angry with her, and her new job at the local pet shop comes under threat when boss Jim starts thinking about retirement. But with faithful dog Prudence by her side, Ruth volunteers for Pets at Therapy and becomes more involved with the local community. She soon makes new friends,...
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In the village of Burracombe, 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While the young men are away, everyone at home knows the war effort needs them too. Whether it's Land Girls on the farms, wives and mothers having to make do and mend, or the villagers knowing how to stretch rations to keep spirits bright, there is always something to be done to help. When the Barton is requisitioned as a children's home for war orphans, all of Burracombe...
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It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are shifting. Hilary must discover if reaching out for a chance of happiness must mean breaking away from the life expected of her, while Patsy, their young housekeeper's help, is facing motherhood without her own family around her. Down the hill from the Napiers, villagers young and old are setting out on adventures - Stella and Felix begin married...
15) The bone garden
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Wesley Peterson volume 5
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The lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall are being excavated by a team of historians before being restored. The dig is halted when a skeleton is discovered under a 300-year-old stone plinth, a corpse that seems to have been buried alive.
16) Evie's war
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Evie's Dartmoor Chronicle volume 1
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World War Two saga featuring Evie, a new teacher in a Devon primary school.After discovering that her fiance, Timmy, has been unfaithful, Evie is faced with a dilemma - try to mend their relationship or cut all ties and move on. But it's not simple when Timmy's mother is the headmistress at Evie's school and can't hear a bad word said against him. Luckily, Evie has two sisters and close friends to help her through and as the war brings British RAF...
17) Indian summer
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For retired actor Mungo, his quiet, home village in Devon provides a perfect setting. Close by are his brother and his wife, and the rural location makes his home the ideal getaway for his dear friends in London. Among those are Kit, who comes to stay one summer, searching for some clarity on a potentially life-changing event in her personal life. They encounter Emma, a military wife renting one of the houses nearby who is also in personal turmoil...
18) A rustle of silk
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Pub. Date
2017
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'A Rustle of Silk' introduces physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner in the first of an intriguing series of mysteries set in early 17th century Devon.
19) Twilight time
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Chivers Audio
Pub. Date
2007
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Set in Devon during both the 1920s and 1960s, 'Twilight Time' follows the lives and loves of sisters Crista and Maggs. In later life, Maggs is running a village pub with her husband, while Crista is a widow with three adult children.
20) Vets on call
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Talyton St. George volume 9
Publisher
Isis
Pub. Date
2015
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Motorbike-riding, leather-clad Ross looks like a bad boy, but underneath the leathers, he's a good-looking charmer and he soon worms his way into the hearts of everyone in Talyton St George. Even vet nurse Shannon warms to him. So when she needs a place to live, it makes sense to move in with Ross. Just as a friend, of course. As they grapple with escaped snakes and feral cats, their friendship deepens, until they can't deny their feelings for each...