Settings in the novels of J A Harris, mystery writer.
Pull up a chair and pour yourself a nice cup of tea (duty-paid, I promise!). As I’ve been tucked away in my writing shed working on the final edits of The Mystery of Mossington Manor, I’ve found myself falling down a rabbit hole, or rather, a clutter hole, of local history. There is a specific […]
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Hi there fellow sleuths and members of the Kingscombe Secret Society. There’s something delicious about a house that seems to watch you back, isn’t there? When I set out to write The Mystery of Mossington Manor, I knew the house couldn’t just be a setting—it had to be one of the main characters. The South
Old Mansions, New Murders: The Houses That Inspire Kingscombe Read More »
Hello there, fellow secret society members! If you’ve been following my new life in the South Hams, you’ll know that I didn’t exactly get the quiet retirement I was promised. When I packed up my classroom and moved to the fictional, yet oh-so-vivid town of Kingscombe, I expected my biggest challenge to be teaching Carruthers
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