Bookworms from Maidstone seem to have a taste for scandal and conspiracy.

Authors Jeffrey Archer, Dan Brown and Michael Connelly all feature in the top 10 list of books borrowed from Maidstone libraries between October and December last year.

However it was The Kashmir Shawl, a story of family secrets and forbidden love by Rosie Thomas, that was borrowed more than an other during this period - 80 in total.

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That seems to be something of a shock as it does not feature in the county wide top 10, which is dominated by crime mysteries.

Readers in what Kent County Council defines as the Tonbridge district seem to like things with a little more pace.

Never Go Back, the latest instalment in the series of Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child, was the most popular choice - being borrowed 53 times in total.

The figures were released ahead of National Library Day, which runs this Saturday.

To coincide with this Library Treasures, a new app being championed by Kent County Council, will be launched.

Designed for children it allows children to collect virtual coins and play games, but before playing they have borrow, read and review at least one book before being able to get into the game.

KCC Service Development Librarian Vandra Hemmings said: “This new app is the culmination of a year’s partnership work with developers Solus. We are pleased to be the first library service in the country to offer this new playful incentive to encourage young people to read.”

Countywide:

The gods of guilt by Michael Connelly. 583

NYPD Red. 2 by James Patterson. 567

Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer 556

Sycamore Row by John Grisham 532

Police by Jo Nesbø 511

An officer and a spy by Robert Harris 485

Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin 480

And the mountains echoed by Khaled Hosseini 473

Refusal by Felix Francis 463

No man’s nightingale Ruth Rendell 462

Maidstone:

The Kashmir shawl by Rosie Thomas 80

A medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo 71

An officer and a spy by Robert Harris 71

The casual vacancy by J.K. Rowling 70

And the mountains echoed by Khaled Hosseini 68

The gods of guilt by Michael Connelly 65

Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer 64

Refusal by Felix Francis 59

Inferno by Dan Brown 55

Police by Jo Nesbø 54

Tonbridge:

Never go back by Lee Child 53

The gods of guilt by Michael Connelly 48

Jeeves and the wedding bells by Sebastian Faulks 44

Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin 44

Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer 43

Police by Jo Nesbø 42

Second honeymoon by James Patterson 41

The runaway woman by Josephine Cox 40

Dust by Patricia Cornwell 39

Refusal by Felix Francis 38