There’s a fine crop of new-ish novels with a historical element by local (or honorary local) authors. A Death in Berlin(Headline, £22) is the third of Simon Scarrow’s historical thrillers set in Nazi Germany and sees our hero investigator CI Horst Schenke refuse to turn a blind eye to Berlin’s crime rings. Suspenseful and chilling, danger is never very far away, not least if Horst’s relationship with a Jewish woman is discovered.

There’s a death at the heart of Finding Alfie: A Sandringham Mystery (Austin Macauley Publishers, £10.99) by local author Andrew Ogden. The incident on the Sandringham Estate in 1933 leads Alfie Sidebottom and his father to vanish. Some 80 years later, Alfie is remembered by an elderly lady, prompting her grandson to set out to find him. Skilfully interweaving several plots, the author has peopled the tale with memorable characters. 

We move between 21st century Norfolk and Elizabethan Norfolk and London in Clare Marchant’s latest page-turner, The Shadow on the Bridge (Boldwood Books, £9.99). Sarah is reluctant to visit her godmother after a summer there she’d rather forget. But when she does, she comes across a mysterious book of poems and is drawn into the story of Elizabethan former resident, Anne Howard and a world of secrets and loss. 

Literally time travelling is the theme of Elly Griffiths’ recent mystery The Frozen People (Quercus, £22). There’s a new heroine – DI Ali Dawson – who works on cold cases, which involves travelling back in time. Ali is tasked with returning to Victorian London and well, things don’t go quite to plan. This is a clever premise, and I loved it!

And finally, if you need to get your Bridgerton-era fix, then Norfolk author Louise Allen’s latest regency romance could well be for you. Tempted by Her Enemy Marquis (Mills & Boon, £8.99), sees Katherine Jones take a job with Will, the Marquis of Ravenham so she can find the Borgia Ruby, which was stolen from her father by Will’s family, and exact her revenge. This feel-good read is perfect for summer.