A Death In Devon

A Death in Door County

A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that just might be proof of a fabled lake monster in this first installment of a new mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan. Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she’s not tending the store, she’s hunting cryptids—creatures whose existence is rumored, but never proven to be real. It’s a hobby that cost her parents their lives, but one she’ll never give up on. So when a number of bodies turn up on the shores of Lake Michigan with injuries that look like bites from a giant unknown animal, police chief Jon Flanders turns to Morgan for help. A skeptic at heart, Morgan can’t turn down the opportunity to find proof of an entity whose existence she can’t definitively rule out. She and her beloved rescue dog, Newt, journey to the Death's Door strait to hunt for a homicidal monster in the lake—but if they’re not careful, they just might be its next victims.

Devon's Forgotten Witches

Witchcraft and witches throughout history have long captured the imagination, and many famous cases are still studied today: the Pendle Witches, Isobel Gowdie, the Salem Witch Trials and the Bideford Witches of Devon. Yet hidden away in archives are records of long-forgotten cases. Many of these are tragic, some are unusual –perhaps even inexplicable – but all are fascinating in their own right. Devon's Forgotten Witches 1860–1910 takes a deep dive through some of these records, bringing to the surface accusations of witchcraft in the county that have languished, unacknowledged, in the British Newspaper Archives for decades. These are the stories of ordinary people whose lives were touched in some way by witchcraft, either as a profession or as a solution to life's difficulties. Authors Tracey Norman and Mark Norman examine these cases within their historical context, pulling together details from various news reports to explore what might really have happened to those involved. This work provides an intriguing snapshot of press coverage in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, showing how the public were urged to view those who still put their faith in 'incredible superstition'. Most importantly, the retelling of these stories gives a new voice to those whom the historical record has silenced.

A Companion and Key to the History of England