Major Charlotte Hood's landing on the beach in Deben Market is more bruising than she expects - and when she gets her breath back and her bearings, she can't be sure what time it is - in hours, or in years. Still, she must proceed with her mission and find her travelling companion and fellow soldier, George. Trudging along the beach in the moonlight, the terrain is familiar even if the time zone isn't. She glances round, keen to be on her way.
But wait. What's that dark shadow ahead, on the sand? It looks suspiciously like a body. Dammit. This is not what she needs. Edging over, she touches the skin, seeking a pulse.. Definitely dead, but still warm... she wonders if it could be her target.
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Deben Market - Where Nothing is Quite What it Seems
Have you ever watched Doc Martin? You know that beautiful town where it's set on the Cornwall Coast with it's steeply winding roads down to a tiny harbour with quaint fishing boats? Well Deben Market is a bit like that... but then again it's not.
You see Deben is a place of mystery. Where you can't quite get a handle on the layout of the place and where time seems to stand still, but you're not sure in which decade?
And the locals are just as... mmm... what's the word? Transient? I mean you look at them and they seem like they belong to the place... been there for years. And then they're gone. Pfff... like smoke.
But despite this sense of shifting time, there's also something comforting about the place. Like well worn shoes or a favourite sweater. You just can't let it go... it's like it's a part of you.
When Alistair heads for Deben Market, nestled on the East Coast of England, he's weary and ready for a break.
A journalist by trade, he's used to strange stories and mysterious characters, but what he encounters in the sleepy town goes beyond anything he's experienced before.
Take old Moony, for example, sitting there in the corner of the pub nursing a pint and ruminating on days gone by. Harmless old chap. So why not accept his invitation and head out in the middle of the night on his boat. No harm in it, right?
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David's life has been as colourful as that of his richly drawn characters. Born in brightly painted Gypsie caravan, he has lived here, there and everywhere. He's been a chef, a teacher and a landscape gardener.
David started writing fiction in 2017. After a steep learning curve, his stories and poetry begin to appear in various collections. His story, 'Sins of The Father', which we are giving to you as a gift when you sign up for David's newsletter, won best in book, as voted by the readers of the anthology Vortex, published by Clarendon House in June 2018.
The first and second novels in The Magic of Deben Market series are now ready for you to enjoy, and third is being written as you read this.
Coming soon; The Adventures of Morty and George. Written with a nod to the great crime writers of the early 20th century, you'll meet fashionable men about town, Motorinas - ladies who race fast cars, West End stars of the stage, cat burglars, as they solve blackmail, sabotage and murder most horrid.
