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Merrily WatkinsSeries
series16 books1998
completed
About faith and religion.
“‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak.”
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Michael Flint and Nell WestSeries
series6 books2011
Mystery & detective and gothic, set in contemporary and british isles.
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The Thirteenth TaleNovel
Diane Setterfieldstandalone novel2006
About identity and books and reading.
Houses of StoneNovel
Barbara Michaelsstandalone novel1993
Tense in tone, set in 19th century.
The Burning GirlsNovel
C. J. Tudorstandalone novel2021
Tense in tone, set in small town.
White CrowNovel
Marcus Sedgwickstandalone novel2010
Set in small town.
“Sixteen-year-old Rebecca moves with her father from London to a small, seaside village, where she befriends another motherless girl and they spend the summer together exploring the village's sinister history.”
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