Teesside, from the tide line to the hills.

Real places give Raine’s investigations their character. The stories and characters are fiction; these landscapes help shape the world they move through.

Saltburn-by-the-Sea

A pier and a shoreline facing the North Sea. This is Raine’s home ground, and the setting for the opening investigation in The Tide Line Girls.

Redcar & the steelworks

The changing industrial landscape and its community lie behind The Burning Ground, where a discovery brings an old disappearance back to light.

Roseberry Topping

The distinctive hill and the land around it become the centre of a desperate search in The Lost Boy.

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