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And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie
Volume 34 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1939) Limited edition of 800 copies worldwide Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That ...
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Second Time Around
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Marcia Willett
An aga saga in which a woman bequeaths her house in a Devonshire cove to three unknown relatives, and in doing so, brings together three people who all feel a terrible loneliness. Once settled in the house all three begin, at last, to feel a sense of belonging and friendship. From the author of STARTING OVER and HATTIE'S MILL.
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Wild grows the heather in Devon
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Michael R. Phillips
Book 1 in The Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall. Mystery weaves an intriguing path through the lives of the Rutherfords of Devonshire.
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The Sanctuary Seeker
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Bernard Knight
November, 1194 A.D. Appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon, Sir John de Wolfe rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body. On his return to Exeter, the Coroner is incensed to find that his own brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, is intent on ...
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New Dawn Over Devon
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M Phillips
Book 4 of The Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall. In the wake of Amanda Rutherford's homecoming, all of the secrets of Heathersleigh Hall are revealed in a surprising climax.
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The tinner's corpse
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Bernard Knight
When coroner Sir John de Wolfe is summoned to investigate the murder of a tin miner, he has little idea how difficult this new investigation will prove to be. The victim worked for the powerful mine owner, Walter Knapman, and the motive seems to be sabotaging Walter' s business. But the tinners have their own laws, and they are none too pleased at ...
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The Bells of Burracombe
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Lilian Harry
When Stella Simmons comes to the Devonshire village of Burracombe to start her teaching career, she is alone in the world. Orphaned as child and brought up in a children's home, she was separated from her sister Muriel and has never been able to trace her. Stella is soon caught up in the life of the village, and especially in the plans for ...
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Charlie
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Lesley Pearse
Fun-loving 16 year-old Charlie wants to experience free love and have a wild time. But when her father disappears and her mother is hospitalized, the privileged lifestyle she has always known disappears almost overnight. Suddenly free love isn't as important as finding a job and a home.
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Holding on
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Marcia Willett
The Chadwick Family chronicles continue...Over the years, the magnificent Keep in Devon has provided a bolt hole for the Chadwick family. Now the five young cousins who grew up there have left home and their grandmother Freddie wonders anxiously whether she will live to see the arrival of the next generation. No matter what happens to them, she ...
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Wayward Winds
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Michael Phillips
Book 2 in The Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall. England stands on the brink of World War I, and the lives of the Rutherfords of Devonshire are in sudden peril.
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The Noble Outlaw
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Bernard Knight
Exeter, 1195. Renovations at the new school in Smythen Street are disrupted by the shocking discovery of a partially mummified corpse hidden in the rafters - and Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to investigate. Richard de Revelle, Sir John's brother-in-law and founder of the school, immediately tries to blame Nicholas de ...
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The bone garden
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Kate Ellis
When two bodies are discovered in the ancient gardens of Earlsacre Hall, it looks like one was buried alive. However, DS Wesley Patterson has a more recent murder to solve when a man is found stabbed, his identity linked to Earlsacre. But what is it about Earlsacre Hall that leads people to murder?
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The Dipper
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Marcia Willett
In the depths of Dartmoor, Quentin and Clemmie Halliwell know that the onset of old age threatens their life together at The Grange. Phyllida Makepeace feels secure in her marriage to Alistair, but when a deep sorrow strikes them, she discovers that no one is untouched by human frailty. Claudia and Jeff Maynard seem the perfect couple. But they ...
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Bright day, dark night
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Mary Jane Staples
It is summer, 1941, and the country is still at war. In the Devon village of Ashleigh, however, evacuees from the London blitz are living in an atmosphere of rural peacefulness, although Daisy Ricketts of Bermondsey isn't sure if she'll ever get on with carping Mrs Mumford, the subject of whispers because of her husband's mysterious disappearance. ...
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Winning through
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Marcia Willett
It's nearly thirty years since the Chadwick siblings arrived from Kenya at The Keep in Devon to live with their grandmother Freddy. And while much has altered since in their lives, The Keep remains a sanctuary for the whole family; warm, unchanging, filled with love. Now mistress of The Keep, Fliss finds it hard to fill the place of her beloved ...
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The awful secret
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Bernard Knight
Gilbert de Rideford is a Knight of the Temple of Solomon, and an old acquaintance from Crowner John's crusading days. He claims to have come into possession of a secret that could shake Christendom to its foundations - and he desperately needs John's help to escape from the secretive order of warrior monks. Suddenly swept into a world of ...
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Fear in the Forest
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Bernard Knight
The seventh gripping medieval murder mystery featuring Crowner John, Devon's first county coroner; C12th Devon. Much of the country lies under the iron rule of the Royal Forest laws, with all hunting reserved to the King. The penalty for killing a deer on the King's land is mutilation or death. These harsh laws are rigorously upheld by the King's ...
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Parson's House
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Elizabeth Cadell
For Jeanne, Parson's House on the cliff-top had been a seaside haven. Years later, returning there from Canada divorced and with twin four-year-old daughters, she could hardly expect the place and the people to be the same. But she was quite unprepared for the bustle of the modern town which greeted her.
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The Sting of Death: A Mystery
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Rebecca Tope
In Tope's latest book, the sleuths from her two mystery series - Detective Sergeant Den Cooper and undertaker/amateur detective Drew Slocombe - team up to solve a series of mysterious killings in the quiet rural area of East Devon where they both now live.
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A painted doom
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Kate Ellis
Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a discovery which excites archaeologist Neil Watson who is excavating an ancient manor house nearby. But when former rock star Jonny Shellmer is found shot through the head in Lewis's father's field and Lewis himself goes missing after contacting a man on the internet, ...
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Forget-Me-Not
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Emma Blair
Following her husband's death, Minna runs a small boarding house in Torquay and brings up her son, Tim. Tim becomes a journalist for the local paper, struggling to get by-lines and hoping to make it to a national some day. However, the outbreak of The Great War disrupts his life. Tim resists volunteering for the sake of his mother who can't bear ...
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Natural Flights of the Human Mind
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Clare Morrall
A captivating new novel from the Man Booker Prize -- shortlisted author of "Astonishing Splashes" "of Colour" that combines suspense, dark humour, and the sheer eccentricities of being human. Peter Straker lives in a disused lighthouse on the Devon coast, where his routines are dictated by the sea and weather. He speaks to no one -- except in ...
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The Poisoned Chalice
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Bernard Knight
A historical "whodunnit, " set in 12th-century Devon. When Christina, the daughter of an Exeter businessman, is raped, Crowner (coroner) John must bring the unknown assailant to justice. Then lady Adele de Courcey dies after an illegal abortion, and John suspects that the two events are related.
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The Country Life Picture Book of Devon and Cornwall
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Paul Pettit
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The funeral boat
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Kate Ellis
When a skeleton is unearthed on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson and his boss Gerry Heffernan are called to investigate. Heffernan thinks it is the remains of Carl's father but Wesley isn't so sure, he discovers evidence that suggests that it is 1000 years older than first thought.
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