Photos of locations in David Wardhaugh books and extracts from novels

Heron on the Tyne. On a good day Lydia Eves, Echoes of the Past, would encounter this early morning visitor to the river.

The Staiths in Gateshead on a rainy day. In Adam Turner's novels, in the sixties, the Staiths would have looked much as it does today.

Lydia Eves was living an anonymous life in post-war Newcastle, until an adversary from the war broke into her apartment on King Street....

In Finding the Past, in 1964, Adam Turner questions the priest at St Joseph's church, Gateshead. The picture is the church as it is today.

Away from the famous bridges, the River Tyne has a beautiful shoreline to discover on a sunny day. In the Adam Turner series of novels,...

Sandhill leading to Newcastle's Quayside is mentioned briefly in Finding the Past. The picture is as it is today, but has changed...

The North Eastern Railway Company opened Dunston Staiths in 1893 to meet the growing demand to export coal. Coal from mines in County...

Newcastle's Swing Bridge distinctive red paintwork makes it an easily recognisable sight to any visitor to Newcastle or Gateshead. Cal...

The River Tyne features in all my books. Lydia Eves in Echoes of the Past lived in King Street in the nineteen-sixties and would see the...

Rabbit Banks Gateshead

On the banks of the River Tyne in the vibrant city of Newcastle upon Tyne lies a phenomenon that locals and visitors alike have come to...

The High Level Bridge is a regular feature in my murder mystery novels. It is Adam Turner's crossing point from the past to the present....

Grape Lane, Whitby, features in the latest Adam Turner murder mystery novel, Picture of the Past. The photo is the street as it is today,...

The High Level Bridge connects Newcastle and Gateshead and is reached from Wellington Street on the Gateshead side, which is where many...

Dog Leap Stairs can be found in Newcastle's quayside area. It leads from Side up towards The Keep. Frank Rob might have used the stairs...

High Bridge features in the latest Adam Turner murder mystery novel, Picture of the Past. The photo is the street as it is today, but it...

Wellington Street in Gateshead is a primary location in the Adam Turner novels. Many businesses have operated out of the units over the...

Lily's wool shop on Wellington Street in Gateshead features in the first Adam Turner novel, Finding the Past, set in 1964. A great murder...

Picture of Newcastle Quayside and Bridges featured in Echoes of the Past. King Street, the home of Lydia Eves, is on the right at the top...