With the brooding and dramatic landscapes of Dartmoor and Exmoor, the beautiful sunny beaches of the English Riviera and the busy villages of mid-Devon, is it any wonder that the mysterious possibilities of the county have captured so many writers’ imaginations?
Devon is synonymous with legendary crime writer Agatha Christie and is the setting for one of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous cases, but is also the inspiration for many more mysterious crime novels than you might realise. Here are a just a few…