A Gateshead author is hoping her third book set in Seahouses will inspire more people to visit the village on the Northumberland Coast.
Salt Girl, by Katherine Graham, is the latest instalment in the "Seahouses Mysteries" crime thriller series.
Originally from Ryton, author Katherine says she spent every weekend in Seahouses during her childhood and wanted to celebrate the natural beauty of the village. She told ChronicleLive: "When I was growing up, our family had a holiday cottage up there and it's just a place that's very, very close to my heart.