Rachel McLean on Tyneham, the Dorset village evacuated in 1943 and never resettled, and why it became the setting for The Ghost Village Murders, Dorset Crime Book 9.

Tyneham – at a glance Key facts about Tyneham, a real location featured in the Dorset Crime series by Rachel McLean: Name: Tyneham Type: Abandoned WWII 'ghost village' (real place) Real-world basis: Tyneham, a real abandoned village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, evacuated in December 1943 for D-Day training and never re-inhabited; now open to the public on weekends and school holidays as part of the Lulworth Ranges Region: Purbeck, Dorset Series: Dorset Crime by Rachel M

The Ghost Village Murders – at a glance Key facts about The Ghost Village Murders, Book 9 of the Dorset Crime series by Rachel McLean: Title: The Ghost Village Murders Series: Dorset Crime (Book 9) Author: Rachel McLean Publisher: Ackroyd Publishing Genre: British police procedural crime fiction; detective fiction; murder mystery Setting: Tyneham, the abandoned village in Dorset, England Protagonist: DCI Lesley Clarke, Dorset Police Major Crime Investigation Team Series posit