Awakening - signed, lined & datedA terrifying, heart racing up all night thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Tess Gerritsen You know that feeling? The one that makes you want to glance over your shoulder? All Clara Benning wants is a peaceful life as a wildlife vet, and to hide her disfigurement from the world. But now she doesnt have a choice. Because a man has died from a suspicious snake bite, and Claras concern leads her to the abandoned house at the end of the lane,

the retired detective once in charge of Suzie's unsolved case

he is unprepared for the courageous

Samson suggests

Jimmy Quickstint is the lucky man - falling haphazardly upon the skills of Diek Wustapha - a charmer - recently inhabited by magic and suddenly irresistible to girls

must learn the bitter lessons of love

betrayal and intrigue

with personal secrets

and ever-shifting loyalties

we can yet put it right

The wheel must turn full circle

even when the young prince's debauched appetites put him in the clutches of a cabal of very nasty characters and involve him in a diabolical 'process' that has singular effects on the human mind

As the extreme weather closes in