Crow Stone - Softcover

Mills, Jenni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007253818 ISBN 13: 9780007253814

Publisher: William Collins, 2007

Synopsis

A compulsively readable thriller that skillfully weaves together past and present to uncover the sinister secrets buried in the ancient stone quarries under Bath.

Kit Parry is reluctant to take the job shoring up the ancient quarries beneath her hometown of Bath – a place as riddled with memories she’d rather forget as it is with Roman ruins. The miners certainly don’t want her there, and her burgeoning romance with lanky foreman Gary looks likely to complicate matters even further.

But when dark developments threaten the spa town’s placid façade, Kit must face up to the past she’s tried so desperately to bury. Someone wants her out of Bath – that much is clear – but who was it that brought her childhood to an abrupt end in the summer of her fourteenth year? Why has she never been back to Bath, and how did she escape her violent father? When Kit stumbles across evidence of a lost Mithraic temple, the mysteries in her own past become entangled with a search for what could be the archaeological discovery of the decade – and what turns into a dangerous obsession...

Suspenseful, utterly compelling and terrifically well-written, this is a sophisticated and thrilling page-turner of a novel.

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Review:

‘It’s ingenious, well-plotted and it really holds the attention. It`s a damn good read ... I think you have a hit.’ Susan Hill, bestselling author of ‘The Woman In Black’ and, most recently, the Simon Serrailler crime series.

'Slickly told and gripping.’ Independent on Sunday

‘An amazingly accomplished first novel – intricately plotted and with a terrific, engaging protagonist. Anyone who has so much as a hint of claustrophobia or fear of pot holes should read it only in daylight with the windows open.’ Jenni Murray

‘Part suspense thriller, part coming-of-age tale, part Time Team scenario and part love story, “Crow Stone” screams “bestseller” from each of its 400 pages.’ Publishing News

'This is a remarkably accomplished and well-written first novel.' Literary Review

‘A taut, archaeological thriller [which] keeps the adrenaline flowing high.’ Financial Times

‘An intricately designed plot makes this an encouraging read.’ Sunday Herald

Book Description:

The darker the past, the deeper the secrets

About this edition

• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007253818
• ISBN 13: 9780007253814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400