One of the weird and charming things about Germany (yes, Germany - stay with me for a moment) is that Germans have kind of a strange tendency to latch on to something and really go crazy for it. Like David Hasselhoff. Or for one only the older generations are likely to know, Roger Whittaker (boy could he whistle!)
More relevant to this newsletter, however, is the German love for Cornish author Rosamunde Pilcher (The Shell Seekers, Winter Solstice). If you ever watched some of the TV adaptations of her work, you may have noticed that quite a few of them feature German actors (especially if you're a chronic IMDb-er who looks up that sort of thing). That's because many of them were German productions or co-productions.
Pilcher's books have sold millions of copies in Germany, and they've been turned into more than 160 German TV dramas - with many knowing Sunday night as "Pilcher Night". There's a Rosamunde Pilcher route in Cornwall, and the county welcomes ~350,000 Germans each year.
Sadly, Pilcher died in 2019 at the age of 94, but many obituaries mentioned the lovely and unique relationship between her and the German people.
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Featured Selections...
- When the World Went Silent by Ellie Midwood - When the SS tears Mina from her family, they fear her secret deafness has been discovered - only to learn they need her brilliant mind to create an atomic bomb. She'll have to choose between risking herself and her loved ones or killing millions of innocents.
- Homewrecker by JM Dalgleish - When a mother with a seemingly perfect life hires a tutor to help her troubled daughter, she grows to suspect the woman is trying to steal her family and destroy everything she holds dear.
- The Stranger at the Wedding by A.E. Gauntlett - Annie thought she found true love with Mark after a chance meeting, but as she stands at the altar on their wedding day, a stranger in the crowd raises chilling questions about Mark's past and the true nature of their relationship. Was their love story destiny, or something far more sinister?
- The Antique Store Detective by Clare Chase - Bella Winter's peaceful life in Hope Eaton is shattered when she discovers a local historian dead in the ruins of Raven Hall. As she investigates, she's drawn into a dangerous web of treasure hunters, suspicious characters, and ancient secrets.
- Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford - Newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into a remote Cornish farmhouse only to uncover eerie symbols and unsettling secrets that hint at the cottage's dark past.
- Love and Other Lost Things by Melissa Wiesner - Jane McCaffrey returns to her hometown for her father's funeral and reunites with Nik, the boy she once loved. As they rekindle their connection, Jane must confront a painful secret that threatens to tear them apart forever.
- Hot Earl Summer by Erica Ridley - Elizabeth Wynchester, a cane-wielding vigilante, finds herself locked in a castle with reclusive inventor Stephen Lenox, who’s posing as the vanished earl. As they fend off mounting threats, he'll have to win her over before the adventure and her heart slip away.
- Burn The Debt by Jack Gatland - Ellie Reckless and her team have long been the problem solvers for London’s Underworld, but when the fierce Becky Slade demands her allegiance, Ellie faces an impossible choice: join Becky or find a way to outmaneuver her.
- The Married Couple by Maria Frankland - Michelle Jackson is dead, her husband Paul is the prime suspect, and their grieving daughter refuses to speak. As secrets and lies unravel, what seemed like a perfect marriage hides darker truths.
- An Agony Of Lies by Joe Talon - When investigator Dale Valentine receives a troubling call from an old friend, he uncovers a web of lies involving a corrupt politician, a solar farm, and dangerous foreign powers. As paranoia grips Glastonbury, Dale must unravel the truth before it's too late.
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"We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic - now mercifully stilled, thank God - might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion as it had before."
Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
