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2000s, 1800s: The Lake District: a wild landscape, rife with stories. Then two children disappear…
A Cry in the Night
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When two children go missing in The Lake District, detectives Zoe Barnes and Sam Taylor are called to investigate. When it involves children, it is always going to be a difficult and sensitive case but this seems worse than most, There are deadly secrets being hid and a community hell bent on protecting their own.
Most disturbingly is a rumour, whispers that witches still exists and that the stories of the seventeenth century might be relevant to the present and even future.
Travel Guide
Lullingdale water (fictional) should have been a lovely place to live and bring up children but it also has the rather unfortunate historical link of being linked to witchcraft or at least the rumours of it. The story goes that six women accused of being involved in the occult where drowned and that the legend of this event still permeates every level of society. And no one forgets the past in a hurry. The Lake District certainly does have a spooky history in real life too.
The police come from Manchester to the lovely setting but the disappearance of children is not going to be a nice time in the rural setting. Sam and Zoe also come with a bit of luggage between them and so this is not going to be an easy time for either of them on a personal level.
When the pointed crotchety finger of suspicion is directed at the parents, particularly the mother, the web of gossip in this small isolated community grows and grows
The village in the Lakes where the children’s parents live is one of only 14 or so. But those in the community are fearful that children in their midst have gone missing and that there is something in the nearby woods worrying everyone…
The Lake District and creepy tales of witches in the woods……creates an evocative and very unique setting indeed.
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