The Winter's Child - Softcover

Parkin, Cassandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785079034 ISBN 13: 9781785079030

Publisher: Legend Press, 2017

Synopsis

'Fresh. Original. Spell-binding.' Jane Corry

'...a wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail... There are some brilliant twists.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

Five years ago, Susannah Harper's son Joel went missing without trace. Bereft of her son and then of her husband John, Susannah tries to accept that she may never know for certain what has happened to her lost loved ones.She has rebuilt her life around a simple selfless mission: to help others who, like her, must learn to live without hope.

But then, on the last night of Hull Fair, a fortune-teller makes an eerie prediction. Susannah is told that this Christmas Eve, Joel will finally come back to her.

As her carefully-constructed life begins to unravel, Susannah is drawn into a world of psychics and charlatans, half-truths and hauntings, friendships and betrayals, forcing her to confront the buried truths of her family's past, where nothing and no one are quite as they seem.

Cassandra Parkin brings us a ghostly winter mystery with a modern gothic flavor. A dark tale of twisted love, marriage, family secrets and hauntings, Parkin keeps us guessing throughout. 

What Reviewers and Readers Say:

'A gripping tale of mother love' Sam Hepburn

'Wow. I have always loved Parkin's books - have read every single one - but oh, this is a treat. All her usual talents are present and accounted for; beautiful prose, thoughtful and real characters, gorgeous story. But this one is darker, twistier, and utterly addictive. Watch out world, this one should be huge!' Louise Beech

'Cassandra Parkin’s The Winter’s Child is a gripping thriller from beginning to end, certain to chill and haunt... a journey filled with skillful twists and turns on every page. A fantastic, eerie story ... The prose is eloquent and skilful. From the first chapter, the characters develop into tangible, fully realized people. The cast exists in a foreboding world, a dark atmosphere that Parkin deftly crafts with each scene ... deeply disturbing, intimate,and effective.  In addition, there is an underlying commentary on gender and motherhood that further deepens the novel’s scope. The Winter’s Child is a stunning, beautifully disturbing mystery.' MYA ALEXICE, Foreword Reviews

About this title

About the Author:

Cassandra Parkin grew up in Hull, and now lives in East Yorkshire. She is the author of three novels, all published by Legend Press – The Summer We All Ran Away (2013), The Beach Hut (2015) and Lily's House (2016) – as well as a short-story collection, New World Fairy Tales (Salt Publishing, 2011), which won the 2011 Scott Prize for Short Stories. Her work has also been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. The Winter's Child is her fourth novel.Visit Cassandra at cassandraparkin.wordpress.com or on Twitter @cassandrajaneuk

Review:

"Fresh. Original. spell-binding." —Jane Corry, writer and journalist

"A wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail." —Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

"The tension is as taut as you'd want . . . Brilliant on every level." —Lesley Mason, thebookbag.co.uk

"Cassandra Parkin, how could you? How could you construct such a compelling narrative with such a heart wrenching plot . . . and yet deliver those twists?" —Gill Chedgey, nudge-book.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Legend Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785079034
• ISBN 13: 9781785079030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288