Secrets of the Shingle
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Secrets of the Shingle – BESTSELLER – First in the Dungeness Saga/Trilogy
Historical fiction
Family saga
Mystery
Overcoming adversity/coming of age
Cover Artist: Zoe Beardsley from Greatstone
Places: Dungeness & Ashford
1890s - Victorian
"It were a body, right there on the shingle."
Alice felt the skin on her throat tighten and her mouth went dry. Another body, just lying there to be found on the beach... or was it another? It could be the same one, just casually discarded.
As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Alice arrives at Dungeness to work as a teacher at the local school. Expecting a seaside village with a promenade and sandy beaches, she finds herself on a desolate, shingle headland unlike any place she has ever been. All too soon, she stumbles upon a dying woman and is haunted by her inability to help. Not knowing who to trust and trapped within the inhospitable landscape, Alice is determined to find out who the woman is and what has happened to her.
A story of fierce loyalties, sinister secrets and a young woman's growing maturity as she reviews her prejudices and learns to cope in her new environment.