The Lynmouth Stories

Beautiful places hide dark secrets ... 

Known as England's 'Little Switzerland', the Devon village of Lynmouth is famous for its Victorian cliff railway, fish n' chips and of course, RD Blackmore's Lorna Doone. 

Located on the doorstep of the dramatic Valley of The Rocks and the South West Cliff Path, the twin villages of Lynton and Lynmouth have inspired many writers, including 19th Century romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who honeymooned there in 1812. 

Having grown up in North Devon herself, crime writer LV Hay (The Other Twin, Do No Harm) brings forth three new short stories from her dark mind and poison pen: 

- For kidnapped Meg and her young son Danny, In Plain Sight, the remote headland above Lynmouth is not a haven, but hell. 

- A summer of fun for Catherine in Killing Me Softly becomes a winter of discontent ... and death. 

- In Hell And High Water, a last minute holiday for Naomi and baby Tommy  becomes a survival situation ... But that's before the village floods. 

All taking place out of season when the majority of tourists have gone home, LV Hay uses her local knowledge to bring forth dark and claustrophic noir she has come to be known for.

PRAISE FOR LV HAY: 

'Well-written, engrossing & brilliantly unique'- Heat World

'Prepare to be surprised by this psychological mystery' - Closer

'Sharp, confident writing, as dark and twisty as the Brighton Lanes' - Peter James

'Prepare to be seriously disturbed' - Paul Finch

'Crackles with tension' - Karen Dionne

'An original, fresh new voice in crime fiction'  - Cal Moriarty

'The writing shines from every page of this twisted tale'- Ruth Dugdall

'I couldn't put it down' -  Paula Daly

'An author with a fresh, intriguing voice and a rare mastery of the art of storytelling' - Joel Hames

'An unsettling whirlwind of a novel with a startlingly dark core' - The Sun