The property was owned by the late famous novelist Harriet Hicks
Hicks’ novels included Trouble in Topsham, Problems in Polperro and Shooting in St Study. She was well-known for her comedy crime capers and murder mysteries published in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
But it is not known what happened to her and her property in Cornwall has now seemingly been untouched for several years with pallets of her books piled high
