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1) Devil's day
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John Murray
Description
The Oxbarrows live in a small village on the Lancashire moors. The father, Richard, has recently died, but his 13-year-old daughter Rosie refuses to believe it. When a recently retired psychiatrist is persuaded by an old colleague to try to help the family through their grief, he finds himself caught up in the customs of the remote community, and an older way of doing things.
2) Our Lizzie
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Publisher
Coronet
Pub. Date
1999
Description
From the author of Salem Street and Hallam Square, this is a vivid tale of endurance, set in Lancashire from 1909-1914. Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lizzie is given the chance for a new life.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2013
Description
When Emily Mattison falls victim to a near-fatal accident shortly after receiving an unexpected inheritance from a distant cousin, her ruthless nephew seizes the opportunity to take control of his aunt's assets. Awaking from a coma, Emily finds herself locked up in a geriatric care unit. She must rely on her wits to escape.
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British Library Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his household with a rod of iron. The peaceful dales and fells of the north country provide the setting for this grim story of a murder, a setting in fact which is one of the attractive...
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Hope volume 3
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Following the breakdown of her marriage, Gabrielle Newman is in despair. Not only is her heart broken over her ex-husband's infidelity, he seems determined to ruin her financially and she is about to lose the home she loves. An unexpected bequest from a distant cousin seems to offer her a lifeline - as does the handsome private investigator, Dan Monahan, who has been sent to help her. But with two disastrous relationships behind her, is Gabrielle...
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Pub. Date
2020
Description
All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural west Lancashire village her mother always told her about. With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The garden is beautiful - filled with roses, lavender, and honeysuckle -...
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Pub. Date
2010
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In the picture-perfect Lancashire village of Sticklepond, confectioner Chloe Lyon dispenses inspirational sweet treats containing a prediction for each customer. If only her own life was as easy to forecast - perhaps Chloe could have foreseen being jilted at the altar. Could now be the time for her to make a wish of her own?
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An unexpected inheritance offers Libby Pulford the chance to escape her abusive marriage with her young son Ned. Just as she's beginning to settle into her new life, her troubled past catches up with her. The one person she can turn to for help is her new neighbour, former police detective Joss Atherton. But Joss has troubles of his own.
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Our street at war volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
Description
One ordinary street in Lancashire is getting ready for war. But who knows what else is going on behind the net curtains? Vicky Parrot wants more out of life than working all hours in her father's Post Office. Her dreams were ruined when tragedy came calling, and now happiness seems impossible. The other townsfolk have their problems too. Sylvia Barker runs the haberdashery, and she's hiding more than a few secrets behind the bales of wool in the shop...
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Our street at war volume 2
Publisher
Dales
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Here is a heartwarming and nostalgic saga series from the author of 'Mother's Day on Coronation Street'. 'Our Street at War' takes an ordinary street during wartime and peeps inside at the life of the residents, full nostalgia and compelling storylines, this series is a must for fan of Elaine Everest, Nancy Revell, and Ellie Dean.
11) One quiet woman
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Ellindale saga volume 1
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1930, Lancashire: Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry, and since her mother died years ago it falls to her to become sole provider for her little sister. But women's wages are half those of men and pawning the few belongings she has left will only keep their vicious rent collector at bay for a few weeks, so even if she finds a job, they'll lose their home. Out of the blue Charlie Willcox, the local pawnbroker, offers...
12) Rough music
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2018
Description
It's the sweltering summer of 1744 and when an epidemic disease threatens the town, coroner Titus Cragg retires with his wife and baby son to a remote village in East Lancashire, where he hopes his family will enjoy the healthy tranquil air. But Cragg finds the rural atmosphere anything but peaceful when he's called upon to investigate the horrific death of a local woman who has fallen victim to a cruel community punishment. Assisted by his friend...
13) Skin and bone
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Constable
Pub. Date
2016
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1743. The tanners of Preston are a pariah community, plying their unwholesome trade beside a stretch of riverside marsh where many Prestonians by ancient right graze their livestock. When the body of a newborn child is found in one of their tanning pits, Cragg's enquiry falls foul of a cabal of merchants, dead set on modernising the town's economy and regarding the despised tanners - and Cragg's apparent championship of them - as obstacles to their...
14) Secret mischief
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021
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April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a case where nothing is as it first appears. As he attempts to track down a mysterious contract signed by the dead man, Titus realizes that if he does not find answers, more violent deaths will surely follow.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2020
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November, 1745. Preston, Lancashire. Rumours abound that Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, has landed in Scotland, intent on marching south to claim the English throne. Meanwhile, a headless body is discovered in an icy pond. Coroner Titus Cragg thinks he has a lead when a head is eventually found - only to discover that it belongs to a different body. Could there be a connection to the approaching rebel army? Or is someone using the Highlanders'...
16) The scrivener
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Constable
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The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, apparently shot behind the locked door of his office. Is it suicide? Coroner Titus Cragg suspects so, but Dr Luke Fidelis disagrees.