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1950s: The fourth in the Devon murder mystery series
Died and Gone to Devon
What you need to know before your trail
In the seaside town of Temple Regis, seagulls are wheeling overhead and the holidays are getting close. And then the body of political candidate Odile Clifford is discovered on the balcony of the lighthouse.
Fearless Riviera Express reporter Judy Dimont goes in search of the killer – but who is it? And where will they strike next?
What’s more, Judy’s position as chief reporter is under threat when her editor takes on hot-shot journalist David Renishaw, whose work is just too good to be true.
Life is busier than ever for Devon’s most famous detective. Can Judy solve the mystery – and protect her position as Temple Regis’s best reporter – before the murderer strikes again?
Locations
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Booktrail it down to Devon and find the village of Temple Regis
Sadly this village is fictional but it’s very close to Teignmouth, and Torquay (about halfway in between according to the sketch in the book) There’s some lovely street names however that would be lovely to wander down such as Tuppenny Row where the elegant terrace of Regency cottages with brickwork is “pale pink with the passage of time.”
The town is described in glowing terms in The Riviera Express:
“Devon’s prettiest town, Temple Regis took itself very seriously. Its beaches, giving out onto the turquoise and indigo waters which inspired some wily publicist to coin the phrase ‘England’s Riviera’, were white and pristine. Broad lawns encircling the bandstand and flowing down towards the pier were scrupulously shaved, immaculately edged. Out in the estuary, the water was an impossible shade of aquamarine, its colour a magical invention of the gods – and since everyone in Temple agreed their little town was the sunniest spot in England, it really was very beautiful.
It was fat too nice a place to be murdered.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Died and Gone to Devon
Destination: “Temple Regis” Devon, English Riviera Author/guide: TP Fielden Departure: 2000s
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