Narrative theme: Sense of place

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The perfect golden circle
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England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men – traumatised Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone – set out nightly in a clapped-out c...
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Wish upon a Cornish moon
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‘My eyes are full of tears and my heart is bursting with overflowing joy! What a beautiful, delightful, original plot!’ ?????

‘I can see you don̵...
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Everyone in my family has killed someone
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I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort. The thing is, us Cunninghams don’t really get along. We’v...
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The it girl
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The compulsive new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Ruth Ware.Â
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The secret service of tea and treason
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When rumours of an assassination plot against the Queen begin to circulate, Alice is immediately assigned to the case. However, she won’t be working alone. Enter Daniel Bixby. Unflappable mas...
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One day I shall astonish the world
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Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of char...
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Daisy Darker
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An all-consuming tale of psychological suspense with a spectacular twist from the internationally bestselling author Alice Feeney.
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Treasures of Cornwall
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A beguiling anthology of poetry and prose for everyone who loves Cornwall.
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Less than zero
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A disturbing portrayal of privileged and immoral LA teenagers, Less Than Zero is a cult classic.
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The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop
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The glittering new uplifting Christmas read from bestselling author Cressida McLaughlin.
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Norwegian Wood
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When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student...
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A Caribbean Mystery
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A Caribbean resort

Strangers thrown together

Is there evil in paradise?
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The Lincoln Highway
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In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. With his moth...
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The Ripping Tree
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GET OUT. BEFORE THEY SAVE YOU.
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The Man Who Died Twice
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It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He is being hunted and he needs her help. His story involves stolen...
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The Paper Palace
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Before anyone else is awake, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ – the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape ...
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The Island of Missing Trees
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1974, on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Chr...
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The Lamplighters
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Inspired by true events, The Lamplighters is the story of three men who vanish from a remote lighthouse. Twenty years later, the mystery of their disappearance still haunts the heartbroken w...
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Still Life
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Over 500,000 copies sold internationally
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
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The Burning Chambers
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France 1562: As the Wars of Religion begin to take hold, a courageous Catholic woman and a passionate Huguenot believer find themselves united in a quest to uncover a long-buried secret . . .
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The City of Tears
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The second instalment in The Joubert Family Chronicles. In the 16th century, from the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, one family struggles to survive in the wake of the St Batholomew’s Day ...
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Daughter of the Sea
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A captivating and page-turning romance perfect for fans of Christina Courtenay and Barbara Erskine!

On a windswept British coastline the tide bestows an unexpected gift? Add to basket

Voices in summer
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Laura never feels as if she fits in with her husband’s side of the family. When she stays with them in Cornwall to recuperate after an operation, the unseen presence of his first wife and dau...
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You and Me on Vacation
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12 summers ago: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they’ll never speak again. 11 summers ago: They’re forced to share a ride home from college and by th...
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Breasts and Eggs
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A strange and beguiling novel from Japan’s most exciting young writer, Mieko Kawakami.
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