Frances Holcombe writes atmospheric mysteries set on the Cornish coast.
She is drawn to small communities — to the warmth and the watchfulness of places where everyone knows the shape of everyone else's morning, and where the things that go unsaid weigh more than the things said aloud.
The Morning Men Mysteries, a six-book series set in the fictional harbour town of Porthaven, are her first novels. The first, Death at Low Tide, is published by Salt & Anchor Press in August 2026. Readers can also find a standalone Porthaven novella, The Bakery on Fore Street, available free through her newsletter.
