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2000s:Even beautiful things can turn ugly
2000s:Even beautiful things can turn ugly
A woman’s body is discovered on a Cornish farm, battered and left for dead in a maize field. Airlifted to hospital, her life hanging in the balance, no one’s sure who she is. Three days later she comes round, but her memory is damaged. She knows her name – Evie – but no more, until she remembers another name. Angel – her three-year-old daughter.
As the police circulate Evie’s photo, someone recognizes her. Charlotte knew her years ago, at school, when another child went missing. Leah Danning, who vanished whilst in Evie’s care.
When the police search Evie’s home, there’s no sign of Angel. More disturbingly, there’s no evidence that she ever lived there, forcing the police to question whether Evie’s having some kind of breakdown.
But even from the darkest place she’s ever known, Evie believes her daughter is alive. The police remain unconvinced – unaware that on the fringes of Evie’s life, there’s someone else. Someone hidden, watching her every move, with their own agenda and their own twisted version of reality.
The backdrop to this novel is Cornwall and there are many scenes to fit in it your mind’s eye and like the fields of maize where the victim is found, it blows and whistles in the wind causing a unnerving, unsettling feeling throughout the novel.
There is mention of October and Halloween and this fits in very nicely with the overriding theme of this novel – something not quite right going on in the woods where characters gather and delve into the dark arts.
This is not the sunny Cornwall you all know and love but is one with horror and history moulded together.
Author/Guide: Debbie Howells Destination: Cornwall Departure Time:2000s
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