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1	Missing Joseph more books like this by Elizabeth A George add to wishlist Bestselling mystery writer Elizabeth George's sixth book in the dramatic Inspector Thomas Lynley series revolves around the "accidental poisoning" of a vicar in a tiny Lancashire town. Lynley's good friends, Deborah and Simon St. James, try to mend their continuing marital troubles with a trip to Winslough, a distant Lancashire town recommended by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers more books like this by Harry Bernstein add to wishlist The enchanting true story of a love affair that broke down the walls that divided a neighborhood. Bernstein has written a wonderfully charming and moving tale of working class life, social divide, and forbidden love on the eve of the First World War. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $6.65! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Beyond belief : a chronicle of murder and its detection more books like this by Emlyn Williams add to wishlist This is a look at Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the Moors Murderers. The text covers the murders, their perpetrators and the detection that led to Brady and Hindley's arrest. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rose more books like this by Martin Cruz Smith add to wishlist In 19th-century England, Bishop Hannay, a manipulative charmer, retains Jonathan Blair to find his daughter's fiance, a curate who has "gone missing" in the coal-mining town of Wigan. Blair soon discovers that Wigan is a town as dark and sooty as the mines in its bowels. The residents are full of the misdirected passion, secrets, and resentment ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Lancashire legacy more books like this by Anna Jacobs add to wishlist At eighteen Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. Accepting her uncle's offer to send her to England, she runs away from her family, not realising he is using her to get revenge on his sister Liza. After she is attacked at the docks in Liverpool, Cathie takes refuge with the man who saved her, a man who has his own ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.14! \| first editions
6	Hallam Square more books like this by Anna Jacobs add to wishlist In this saga set in 19th-century Lancashire and featuring the Gibson family, Annie is now happily married to mill-owner Frederick Hallam, but a threat from the past emerges to cause her anxiety. see all copies from $2.53!
7	Down Weavers Lane more books like this by Anna Jacobs add to wishlist Emmy Carter's mother is a prostitute - and her life has made Emmy determined to avoid the same fate. But Emmy is beautiful, so attracts unwanted attention; her mother's protector has his eye on her, as does evil Marcus Armistead, her employer's nephew. Marcus is excited by Emmy's virginity and has her kidnapped, but Emmy hits him over the head and ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.34!
8	Spinners lake more books like this by Anna Jacobs add to wishlist Set in a 19th-century Lancashire mill town, this book follows the Gibson family's fortunes. Joanie Gibson is fed up with life, her sister is about to marry a lord, and she is still a seamstress, until she meets dashing Bart Burns. However, unemployment is rife, and malevolent forces are at work. see all copies from $2.53!
9	Tomorrow's Memories more books like this by Audrey Howard add to wishlist Sally Grimshaw, a country innkeeper, finally finds love and happiness with Captain Adam Cooper. But Sally's happiness is shattered when she discovers that Cooper has a few ghosts--and a wife--lurking in his closet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
10	The Barbara Michaels Treasury: Other Worlds/The Dancing Floor more books like this by Barbara Michaels, Barbara Rosenblat (Performed by) add to wishlist The Dancing Floor Heather Tradescant and her father had always hoped to journey to England on a pilgrimage to the great gardens of history. Now that her father is dead, Heather is determined to fulfill his dream. Unfortunately, her request to see the fabled 17th-century garden at Troytan House is denied by the owner. Heather infiltrates the manor ... see all copies from $2.71! new only from $2.71! \| first editions
11 view cover	Our Lizzie more books like this by Anna Jacobs add to wishlist Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit; ever since her father's death she has had to be a survivor. She makes an ill-advised marriage in order to escape her harsh home life. However, she quickly discovers that she has married a selfish and violent man. His beatings are ceaseless and she finds herself compelled to run away. With the help of some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.36! \| first editions
12	Hannahs North Country more books like this by Hannah Hauxwell add to wishlist From her beloved Dales through Teesdale, Lancashire, Cleveland and Cumbria, Hannah talks of her favourite spots in the North of England. Hannah's trail takes her from High Force and the Teesdale Roll, back to Mouth Rock chapel where her parents were married, to Tan Hill and a meeting with the pistol-packing publican and up to Ullswater with its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.84! \| first editions
13 view cover	Distant Images more books like this by Audrey Howard add to wishlist As they dazzle all the men at Queen Victoria's jubilee ball, Beth and Milly Goodwin seem to be mirror images of one another: beautiful, graceful and rich, they can take their pick of any man in St Helens. Only those who know them best realize that Milly's dark brown eyes hide a wild, untamed wantonness, while Beth's silvery-grey ones betray her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lancashire, Where Women Die of Love more books like this by Charles Nevin add to wishlist Enough! For far too long, Lancashire has languished under the grimy pall of smoke and muck and mills and mines, enveloped in outdated condescensions, smothered by the easy dismissals that put down the north of England as just 'up there' and 'grim'. Thank you very much George Orwell, Monty Python and every London cabbie. But Lancashire is not up ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $9.37! \| SVS
15 view cover	Strand of Dreams more books like this by Audrey Howard add to wishlist When mill worker Molly O'Dowd falls in love with factory owner Tim Broadbent, all her dreams seem to come true. Their passionate marriage catapults Molly into a luxurious new world, but tragedy awaits. It's only when she seems to have lost everything that Molly at lasts finds happiness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Beyond the sunset more books like this by Margaret Thornton add to wishlist Before Molly Rimmer loses her parents in 1897, her future had seemed full of promise. Through her dream to own a shop in exclusive Jubilee Terrace in Blackpool, and her budding relationship with charming gentleman, Joss, Molly hoped to raise herself above the poverty she was born into. But now Molly must take responsibility for her siblings and ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
17	Hell's Foundations: A Social History of the Town of Bury in the Aftermath of the Gallipoli... more books like this by Geoffrey Moorhouse add to wishlist Using a wealth of local sources (and himself a Bury man, grandson of a Fusilier who fought at Gallipoli), Geoffrey Moorhouse traces the impact of the battle of Gallipoli on the town and its people. The result is social history at its best. see all copies from $2.62! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Favourite Lancashire recipes more books like this by Dorothy Baldock, Albert Woods add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
19 view cover	Shining Threads more books like this by Audrey Howard add to wishlist When beautiful Tessa Harrison and her twin cousins take over their parents' Lancashire cotton mill, their luxurious upbringing has left them unprepared for their new responsibilities. For Tessa, there is an added but forbidden attraction at the mill. Foreman Will Broadbent, with his genuine understanding of the business and its workers, could not ... see all copies from $1.99!
20 view cover	Where Petals Fall more books like this by Shirley Wells add to wishlist When two young boys find a woman's body in a quarry, Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham experience a definite feeling of deja vu. Five years earlier, four women were found murdered in exactly the same way. Weirdly, the bodies had each been discovered wrapped in a shroud - so the killer was soon dubbed 'The Undertaker'. Following Jill's profiling ... see all copies from $4.27! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Hell's foundations : a town, its myths and Gallipoli more books like this by Geoffrey Moorhouse add to wishlist Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, the French and the Turks all have reason to remember Gallipoli, but in this book the author concentrates on its bitter effects on the small mill town of Bury in Lancashire, which sacrificed 1,600 men, a large proportion of its youth, in the campaign. The "Six VCs Before Breakfast" won by the Fusiliers in the ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $35.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Into the Shadows: Introducing Forensic Psychologist Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham more books like this by Shirley Wells add to wishlist Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy leaves her high-powered job and moves to a sleepy village and is called on to solve the murder of the vicar's wife. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $14.90!
23 view cover	Lancashire and the New Liberalism more books like this by P F Clarke add to wishlist Why was there a Liberal Government in Britain from 1905 until the First World War? And why was the Liberal party replaced by the Labour party so shortly afterwards? These are the kinds of problems which Dr Clarke examines in his study of the Liberal revival in Lancashire. The vote in north-west England was largely responsible for bringing the ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $71.44! \| SVS
24	Pendle Witches more books like this by Walter Bennett add to wishlist see all copies from $2.12! new only from $2.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Remains to Be Seen more books like this by J M Gregson add to wishlist Following months of undercover work, a drug raid at a large manor is successful--until several hours later when there's a fire at the same house. After Chief Inspector Percy Peach and Detective Sergeant Lucy Blake are called in to investigate, an unusual case of murder unfolds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.74! \| first editions \| SVS

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