The books for the beach that are shore to please

HERE are this year’s hottest seaside reads, along with the best places to stay to soak up their locations.

THREE keepers disappear from a lighthouse in The Lamplighters, by Emma Stonex. Wonder why as you wander across the Land’s End peninsula where the book is set, while staying in a lighthouse-keeper’s cottage (cornwall hideaways.co.uk).

Orkney’s Italian Chapel, created by Italian PoWs, is the inspiration for love story The Metal Heart, by Caroline Lea. Graemshall House has great views (graemeshall-house.co.uk).

In a cottage in Whitby, secrets are uncovered in Amanda Mason’s The Hiding Place. Scour this Yorkshire shoreline for sea glass like the women in the novel. Find a Whitby bolthole of your own at sykescottages.co.uk.

Great Yarmouth becomes the fictional marsh in the much-talked-about Sixteen Horses, by Greg Buchanan. Eden Hall Cottage is a great base to explore its crime scenes, from the promenade to ice-cream parlours (edenhallnorfolk. co.uk).

Dungeness is the backdrop for William Shaw’s murder mystery The Trawlerman. You may not sleep very easily after reading it, but a comfortable night is assured at Romney Bay House Hotel (romneybay househotel.co.uk).

My latest novel, After Beth, begins with an incident on the wide beach at West Wittering, Sussex. Savour the sand dunes while staying in The Beach House (beachhse.co.uk).