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Merryn Allingham
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Merryn Allingham was born into an army family and spent her childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave her itchy feet and in her twenties she escaped from an unloved secretarial career to work as cabin crew and see the world.
The arrival of marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life in the south of England, where she has lived ever since. It also gave her the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university.
Merryn grew up reading Georgette Heyer and when she plucked up the courage to begin writing herself, her first book had to be a Regency romance. Regency novels were followed by a suspense saga set in India and wartime England during the 1930s and 40s. Titles in the Daisy's War trilogy include The Girl from Cobb Street, The Nurse's War and Daisy's Long Road Home.
In 2017 she published The Buttonmaker's Daughter and its sequel The Secret of Summerhayes, both novels of suspense and romance, set in Sussex during the summers of 1914 and 1944 respectively, against a background of stirring world events.
Full Series List in Order
Allingham Regency Classics
1 - Dance of Deception (Nov-2017)2 - Duchess of Destiny (Dec-2017)
3 - Masquerade (Oct-2019)
4 - Romancing the Rake (Sep-2019)
5 - Dangerous Disguise (Dec-2019)
6 - Lizzie Meets Her Match (Jul-2020)
A Flora Steele Mystery
1 - The Bookshop Murder (Aug-2021)2 - Murder on the Pier (Nov-2021)
3 - Murder at Primrose Cottage (Mar-2022)
4 - Murder at the Priory Hotel (Jul-2022)
5 - Murder at St. Saviour's (Nov-2022)
6 - Murder at Abbeymead Farm (May-2023)
7 - Murder in a French Village (Nov-2023)
8 - The Library Murders (Feb-2024)
9 - Murder at Cleve College (Jul-2024)
10 - Murder in an English Castle (Nov-2024)
Summerhayes House
1 - The Secrets of Summerhayes (Jan-2023)2 - The Girl from Summerhayes (Jan-2023)
Timeslip
1 - House of Lies (May-2018)2 - House of Glass (Jul-2018)
A Tremayne Mystery
1 - Venetian Vendetta (Jun-2020)2 - Caribbean Evil (Sep-2020)
3 - Cornish Requiem (Jan-2021)
4 - Rio Revenge (Mar-2021)
Book List in Order: 33 titles
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The Crystal Cage
- Aug-2014
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Captivated…or captured? Appearances don't always reveal the truth. Grace Latimer knows this better than most. Illusions of commitment and comfort have her trapped -- until bohemian adventurer Nick Heysham charms his way into her world. Commissio...
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The Buttonmaker's Daughter
- Jan-2017
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May, 1914. Nestled in Sussex, the Summerhayes mansion seems the perfect country idyll. But with a long-running feud in the Summers family and tensions in Europe deepening, Summerhayes’ peaceful days are numbered.For Elizabeth Summer, the lazy quiet...
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The Secret of Summerhayes
- Jul-2017
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A war-torn summer
A house fallen into ruin
A family broken apart by scandal…
Summer 1944: Bombed out by the blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidat...
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Dance of Deception
- Nov-2017
- / Traditional Regency
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London, 1817. Early morning. Amelie Milverton is fleeing her betrothal to a vicious, degenerate man. Disguised as a maidservant, she climbs out of her bedroom window, but there’s a problem… Gareth Denville, wrongly accused of cheating at ca...
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Duchess of Destiny
- Dec-2017
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Facing penury, Elinor Milford is urged by her dying mother to seek help from Amersham Hall. But the owner of this vast estate is a rich and powerful duke, far too young to have known her mother. Disguised as a dairymaid, Elinor sets out to unearth th...
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House of Lies
- May-2018
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Love is timeless, but so is betrayal.How do you survive when your world falls to pieces? When Megan Lacey's lover dies in a car accident, she retreats to a small coastal town certain she will never recover from his loss. Until, that is, she discovers...
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House of Glass
- Jul-2018
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When home is your prison, it takes courage to break free.Appearances don't always reveal the truth. Grace Latimer knows that better than most. A troubled past has trapped her in illusions of commitment and comfort - until Nick Heysham charms his way ...
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A Tale of Two Sisters
- Mar-2019
- / General Fiction
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Separated by time and distance, two sisters seek answers for all they’ve lost
When Alice Verinder’s beloved sister Lydia goes missing, Alice boards the Orient Express bound for Topkapi Palace in Constantinople, determined...
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The Venice Atonement
- Jul-2019
- / Historical Mystery
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A tragic accident at the opera â€" or the murder of someone keeping dangerous secrets?While watching the opera at La Fenice, Nancy Tremayne is shocked to see a woman fall to her death. But how did this tragedy occur?Newlywed Nancy is accompanying her...
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Romancing the Rake
- Sep-2019
- / Historical Romance
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Can she tame the ton's most notorious rebel?Marianna Marquez appears the most innocent of girls: young, lovely and chaste. Her sparkle charms everyone she meets. But all is not what it seems, and a summer spent in Brighton promises every delectab...
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Masquerade
- Oct-2019
- / Historical Romance
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Revenge, it's said, is best served cold - but there are times when it comes red hot.
Luke Trelawny, the new Earl, has returned to England, toughened by years abroad and very much his own man.Six years ago he was jilted by his beautiful ch... -
Dangerous Disguise
- Dec-2019
- / Historical Romance
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Stand and Deliver!
Jack Beaufort, Earl of Frensham, is forced to retreat to the country, a scandal at his heels. The last thing he expects to face in this quiet retreat is a highwayman. Or to discover, when he lays hands on the villain...
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Venetian Vendetta
- Jun-2020
- / Law Enforcement
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A terrible accident-or the murder of someone keeping dangerous secrets?While watching the opera at La Fenice, Nancy Tremayne is shocked to see a woman fall to her death. But was it really an accident?Newlywed Nancy is accompanying her husband, Leo, o...
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Lizzie Meets Her Match
- Jul-2020
- / Historical Romance
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Has Lizzie Finally Met Her Match? When lady's companion, Elizabeth Ingram, sees handsome Sir Justin Delacourt for the first time, she decides he is just the man to enliven her dull life. But Justin has a disdain for womanly wiles and ...
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Caribbean Evil
- Sep-2020
- / Law Enforcement
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When Paradise isn't quite what it seems...Nancy Tremayne has landed the job of her dreams in London. But this is 1955 and her husband, Leo, an art expert, has a project in the Caribbean and expects her to travel with him.Reluctantly, she packs her su...
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Cornish Requiem
- Jan-2021
- / Police Procedural
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An idyllic Cornish village-but revenge is in the air and death is always closeNancy Tremayne has never felt welcome at Penleven, her husband's family home. But when Leo's father falls ill, she is forced to make a rare visit to Port Madron, a sleepy C...
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Rio Revenge
- Mar-2021
- / Police Procedural
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It's Carnival and everyone is having fun. Though perhaps not everyone...Nancy Tremayne is on holiday in Rio with her husband, Leo, and the city is dancing from dawn to dusk. An explosion of energy and colour that Nancy loves. But when she overhears a...
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The Bookshop Murder
- Aug-2021
- / Cozy Mystery
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Bookshop owner Flora Steele escapes the sleepy English village of Abbeymead through the adventures in the stories she sells. Until one morning, everything changes when she discovers a body amongst her own bookshelves...The young man with the shock of...
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Murder on the Pier
- Nov-2021
- / Cozy Mystery
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Meet Flora Steele -- bookshop owner, bicycle-rider, daydreamer and amateur detective! Sussex, 1955: When bookshop owner Flora Steele goes for a walk along the pier she isn’t expecting to spot a young woman’s body in the stormy waters below. ...
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Murder at Primrose Cottage
- Mar-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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Join Flora Steele - bookshop owner, bicycle rider, daydreamer and amateur detective - in her quest to solve a brand-new murder mystery!Cornwall, 1956: When Flora Steele sets off for a peaceful vacation with crime writer Jack Carrington in his little ...
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Murder at the Priory Hotel
- Jul-2022
- / General Fiction
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Join Flora Steele - bookshop owner, bicycle-rider, and amateur detective - as she faces her most puzzling case yet!Sussex, 1957: When Flora Steele andhandsome crime writer Jack Carrington attend the grand re-opening of the Priory Hotel in the bea...
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Murder at St. Saviour's
- Nov-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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Bookshop owner and amateur detective Flora Steele teams up with handsome crime writer Jack Carrington to unravel a curious murder in the village of Abbeymead!Sussex, 1957: When Flora and her partner-in-crime-solving, Jack, arrive at the charming chur...
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The Girl from Summerhayes
- Jan-2023
- / Historical Romance
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1914, England. Will her decision unite her family or tear them apart?Surrounded by beautiful gardens in the glorious Sussex countryside, Summerhayes House seems like a true hidden paradise, but behind its polished floors and perfect green lawns is a ...
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The Secrets of Summerhayes
- Jan-2023
- / Historical Romance
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1944, England. A chance meeting with a soldier unravels a long-buried family mystery...England is in the devastating grip of World War Two, and Bethany Merston's life changes in an instant when bombs screech down over London. Heartbroken, she leaves ...
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Murder at Abbeymead Farm
- May-2023
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Amateur detective duo Flora Steele and Jack Carrington have gained a reputation for crime-solving. But will they be able to untangle the latest baffling murder in the cosy village of Abbeymead?Sussex, 1957: When Flora and Jack hear that Percy Mil...
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Murder in a French Village
- Nov-2023
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Join bookshop owner Flora Steele and handsome writer Jack Carrington as they set off on a French adventure and solve a chilling crime! Jack is stunned to receive a call from his estranged mother, asking him to drop everything and come to France. Toge...
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Murder in an English Castle
- Nov-2024
- / Police Procedural
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It's time to rewrite history with amateur detectives Flora Steele and Jack Carrington as they are called to a castle to unearth the clues of a murder most medieval... Sussex, 1959. The sun is shining on the breathtaking castle as the Abbeymead Histor...