Lucy Strange's teen debut is a historical romance set in wartime Kent

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Author InterviewsJun 12, 2026by Fiona Noble

Lucy Strange © Nathan Eaton-Baudains

The writer’s first foray into teen fiction takes her to the 1940s Kent coast, where a young girl is coming to terms with heartbreak – and solving the mystery of a body washed up on the beach.

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