Awakening - Hardcover

Bolton, S.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750532211 ISBN 13: 9780750532211

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2010

Synopsis

The truth doesn't hurt, it kills... Vet Clara Benning is young and intelligent but, disfigured by a childhood accident, she lives alone and shies away from human contact. Her expertise is needed when a man dies from a supposed snake bite, but the post-mortem proves the killer must be human. Assisted by her neighbour and an eccentric reptile expert, Clara unravels sinister links to a barbaric ancient ritual, an abandoned house and a fifty-year-old tragedy that left the survivors fiercely secretive. When the attacker strikes again Clara's own solitary existence is brutally invaded - someone is determined to ensure the past remains buried.

About this title

About the Author:

SHARON BOLTON, an International Thriller Writers and Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist, grew up in Lancashire, England, and now lives near Oxford with her family. Her novels are inspired by her fascination with British folklore. Sharon Bolton was previously published as S.J. Bolton.

From Publishers Weekly:

Clara Benning, a reclusive vet who's the narrator of Bolton's solid second thriller (after Sacrifice), spends her days treating badgers, boars and other wildlife at the Little Order of St. Francis in an isolated Dorset, England, village. When a distraught mother calls on Clara to remove a venomous snake from her baby's crib and another family's home is overrun with snakes, including a deadly Australian taipan, Clara realizes there must be a human agency behind the snake attacks, at least two of which will prove fatal. With the help of Assistant Chief Constable Matt Hoare and eccentric herpetologist and TV star Sean North, Clara begins to unravel a tangle of long-kept village secrets stretching back generations. Bolton milks the myriad snakes, even the harmless ones, for all they're worth, but falters with Clara, whose fraught family history (she bears disfiguring facial scars from a rarely discussed childhood accident) tends to undercut the suspense. (June)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0750532211
• ISBN 13: 9780750532211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528