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Publisher
Magna
Pub. Date
2016
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Rowan is devastated when her mother dies. And when her father marries a scheming woman who makes it clear she doesn't see Rowan as part of her new family, she finds herself facing a desolate future at the asylum. Yet Rowan refuses to give up hope. With her mother's cherished red ribbon tied around her wrist, she draws on the strength of her spirit to plot a daring escape to a nearby town. It is here that Rowan finds work as an apprentice to a bonnet...
102) The merchant's house
Author
Series
Wesley Peterson volume 1
Publisher
Piatkus
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DS Wesley Peterson, newly arrived in the West Country town of Tradmouth, has his hands full when a child goes missing and a young woman is brutally murdered on a lonely cliff path. Then his old friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, unearths the skeletons of a woman and a newborn baby in the cellar of an ancient merchant's house nearby. As they begin to investigate the murders, Wesley starts to suspect that these deaths, centuries apart, may be linked...
103) White water
Author
Series
Heron Saga volume 4
Publisher
Isis
Pub. Date
2016
Description
1574, Devon. With Hugo and Maria finally wed and a strong line of Kendal heirs on their way, the Heron family have reached a prosperous point in their history. But when a deadly plague breaks out their happy existence is threatened and disaster creeps into the household when Alan Kendal's wife, Harriet, is taken ill. With the Kendal heir now both wifeless and childless, Hugo and Maria insist upon arranging a new match. The beautiful Eloise sweeps...
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Publisher
Mirror Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
His mother did not love him, and informed him of this fact often. She spent most of his childhood trying to find someone to whom she could give him away to. Here, Simon Dawson decides not just to face up to the emotional damage his mother inflicted on him, but to try to understand her and achieve some kind of reconciliation before she dies.
105) Bad blood
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Investigative journalist and horse expert Ben Copperfield sets out to find the long-lost grandchild and heir of dying millionaire Neville Manning. Little does he know that the trail to finding the child is paved with murder, intrigues and revenge - will he be able to keep Manning's heir alive long enough for him to claim his inheritance?
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Series
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Former Met police officer Jodie 'Nosey' Parker is working a trial period as an auxiliary Detective Sergeant with the Penstowan police force. But living and working alongside DCI Nathan Withers - while still trying to grow her catering company - brings its own challenges, especially when Jodie's attention is quickly taken up by the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman. While tourists and locals alike are falling under the spell of the annual mermaid...
107) The mechanical devil
Author
Series
Wesley Peterson volume 22
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When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind the bizarre find. Soon, however, the sleepy village becomes the focus of press attention for another reason when two people with no apparent connection to each other are found shot dead in nearby Manor Field, seemingly victims of an execution-style double murder. DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate,...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022
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August, 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be simple, right? Wrong. He's made it as far as Exeter, but before he can secure a fresh steed in that hellish city, he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of Jack. That suits Jack just fine - he wants to leave!So when wealthy merchant Wolfe, offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps...
109) A painted doom
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Series
Wesley Peterson volume 6
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A missing teenager, a murdered rock star and an old painting are somehow linked, providing Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson and his boss, Gerry Heffernan, with one of their most intriguing cases yet.
110) Runaway widow
Author
Series
Rockwood chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2022
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When Lady Patricia Greystone's husband dies suddenly, she is left with nothing. At twenty-four, she finds herself a penniless widow. Determined not to return to her family cap in hand, she strikes out on her own. In the rougher parts of London, Patricia's voice is her only hope. She makes her living singing at inns and on the streets. But a dangerous figure from her family's past is lurking in the shadows, and before long she finds herself fleeing...
111) Devon & Cornwall
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover botanical curiosities at Eden Project, roam the bleak heaths of Dartmoor, and add lashings of cream to your jam and scones; all with your trusted travel companion.
112) The salt path
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In one devastating week, Raynor and her husband Moth lost their home of 20 years, just as a terminal diagnosis took away their future together. With nowhere else to go, they decided to walk the South West Coast Path: a 630-mile sea-swept trail from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall. This ancient, wind-battered landscape strips them of every comfort they had previously known. With very little money for food or shelter, Raynor and Moth carry...
113) The shadow collector
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Series
Publisher
Piatkus
Pub. Date
2013
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Lilith Benley and her mother, rumoured to be witches, were convicted of the brutal murder of two teenage girls. Eighteen years later Lilith is released from prison, and shortly after she returns to her old home, a young woman is found dead at a neighbouring farm where a celebrity reality TV show is being filmed. When DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate he has to deal with fragile egos and hidden truths, as well as the possibility that Lilith...
114) A wartime summer
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Series
Sisters' war volume 1
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Hope and opportunity can come from even the bleakest of moments... Left homeless after the Exeter Blitz, May must find a job if she's to put a roof over her head and help support her two younger sisters. Taking a job as housekeeper to farmer George, May soon ends up getting stuck into more than just cleaning and cooking. The Ministry of Agriculture will close Fair Maids Farm if it doesn't meet their produce targets, but George refuses to heed their...
Author
Series
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2022
Description
When popular TV baking contest and national institution 'The Best of British Baking Roadshow' rolls into town and sets up camp in the grounds of Boskern House, a historic stately home near Penstowan, former police officer Jodie 'Nosey' Parker finds herself competing to represent Cornwall in the grand final. But with a fellow contestant who will stop at nothing to win and a drag queen host with secrets of their own, Jodie discovers that the roadshow...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in Devon and Cornwall between the Black Death and the Civil War. Beginning as an argument between two men and their vicar, the rebellion led to a siege of Exeter, savage battles with Crown forces, and the deaths of 4,000 local men and women. It represents the most determined attempt by ordinary English people to halt the religious reformation of the Tudor period. Mark Stoyle tells...