Mystery and Thrillers set in Devon

By Harbour Bookshop

Mystery and Thrillers set in Devon

By Harbour Bookshop

Ahh, the lure of Dartmoor!  Plus those shimmering country houses set above the crashing sea!  Devon has always been a wonderful place to set a mystery and we've picked a few favourites for you to consider.  From the classic 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' by Arthur Conan Doyle to the latest Tim Weaver in 'No One Home'.  

And Then There Were None: The World’s Favourite Agatha Christie Book

And Then There Were None: The World’s Favourite Agatha Christie Book

Agatha Christie

£9.99 £9.49

The classic murder mystery set in and around an island hotel cut off by the tide every evening.

No One Home

No One Home

Tim Weaver

£9.99 £9.49

This is the latest in the David Raker series - many of them set on or around Dartmoor - and are modern thrillers that will have you racing to the finish!

The Burial Circle: Book 24 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

The Burial Circle: Book 24 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

Kate Ellis

£8.99 £8.54

Meet D.I. Wesley Peterson - in his 24th mystery - in the South Devon town of Tradmouth.

The Heatwave

The Heatwave

Katerina Diamond

£7.99 £7.59

What happens when you return to the scene of the crime? Come down to Devon and find out...

Just Before I Died

Just Before I Died

S. K. Tremayne

£7.99 £7.59

A psychological thriller which begins with an accident at the Burrator Reservoir in the Dartmoor National Park...

The Long Call

The Long Call

Ann Cleeves

£9.99 £9.49

The new series from the author of 'Vera' and 'Shetland' series' and set in North Devon.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes): Gilded Pocket Edition

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes): Gilded Pocket Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

£7.99 £7.59

The timeless Conan Doyle with one of his most famous creations. We still fear the Grimpen Mire...

The Sittaford Mystery

The Sittaford Mystery

Agatha Christie

£9.99 £9.49

Friends gather for a seance in a lonely house on Dartmoor...

Malice Aforethought

Malice Aforethought

Francis Iles

£9.99 £9.49

Set in a Devon village in the 1920's and one of the first examples of an 'inverted mystery'.

She Died a Lady: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery

She Died a Lady: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery

John Dickson Carr

£8.99 £8.54

Meet Sir Henry Merrivale - 'the fabulous HM' - by John Dickson Carr.