Penmarrow
Objects do not lie. They only wait a very long time to speak.
A house full of things that belonged to people who fully intended to come back.
Every locket, every ledger, every unlabelled box is a witness statement nobody has taken down yet.
12 books
Everything set in Penmarrow
The Last Thing She Kept
Every keepsake in the old Cornish shop holds a memory. One of them holds a confession.
What the Sea Kept
The tide returns what it takes — and this morning it returned something Penmarrow buried at sea.
The Name the Snow Kept
A rare Cornish snowfall uncovers a name carved where no name should be.
What the Fire Kept
The great cliff-house fire was ruled an accident forty years ago. Its ashes disagree.
The Hour She Kept
A stopped pocket watch, wound faithfully for decades, finally tells the right time — the time of a murder.
What the Dark Kept
When the lighthouse goes dark for one night, Penmarrow learns what the dark has been keeping.