Norfolk

A child’s bones are discovered near a prehistoric site on the coast and police request the assistance of forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. Are these the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years ago? DCI Nelson refused to give up the hunt for this missing child. Ever since she disappeared, someone has been sending him anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice, quoting Shakespeare and the Bible. He knows Ruth’s experience and instincts can help him finally put this case to rest. And then a second child goes missing…

A young woman, seeking to escape her own personal tragedy, takes a job with a recluse on a scarcely inhabited island and is tasked with hunting butterflies for research. Her new employer seems as strange and mysterious as the island. Her grief is soon overtaken by a sense of unease as strange things happen on the island and she begins to discover her employer’s past and the island’s secret history.

Historical gothic fiction. On a dark, cold night a young woman arrives to take up her new position as a governess. As she makes her way across the station platform a pair of invisible hands pushes her into the path of an oncoming train, saved only by a quick-thinking doctor. And so begins her story in a world of abandoned children, unexplained events and terrifying experiences.

Atmospheric historical drama. Summer 1952. Verity, stranded on her family farm on the coast is caught between two worlds – the devotion of her childhood friend, Arthur, just returned from National Service, and a strange new desire to escape it all. Into their world steps Jack, a charismatic American pilot flying secret missions. But where Verity sees glamour and adventure, Arthur sees deception. When the area floods and water levels are at breaking point, a web of secrets and passions will bring about an event that will change all of their lives.

Christmas 1962. Desperate for a happy Christmas after a disastrous year, Malorie rents a remote house for her and her daughter. Yet, when they are trapped by a furious blizzard, the silence between them seems louder than ever. In the attic she discovers the discarded diaries of the young woman who lived at the house in the 1930s. As she reads, she finds herself drawn into the diaries until the past and present become entirely blurred.

Historical fiction. Tudor England, and a young bride impresses her husband by growing saffron, a spice more valuable than gold. His reputation soars at the court of Henry VIII as a result, but the King’s favour will not last forever. 2020 and a young woman discovers an ancient book in her Grandfather’s home, its contents revealing a dark secret from the past. As she investigates she starts to unravel a forgotten tragic story.