Forte d'une carrière en psychologie, cette auteure a pris du temps pour élever et éduquer à la maison six enfants, tout en se formant elle-même avec un master en écriture créative. Ses œuvres antérieures mêlaient habilement des éléments historiques, tels que la sorcellerie du XVIe siècle, à des récits contemporains de revenants, captivant ainsi un lectorat de fantasy. Par la suite, son écriture s'est orientée vers le roman policier, où des archéologues résolvent des crimes ancrés dans le passé, tout en devant assurer leur sécurité dans le présent. Ces récits explorent les mystères du passé et les menaces actuelles.
Race-class Frontiers in the Transition to High School
254pages
9 heures de lecture
The narrative explores the experiences of nine young individuals transitioning from racially isolated schools to a diverse high school that still grapples with internal segregation. As they navigate this complex environment, the characters confront issues of identity, belonging, and the challenges of bridging cultural divides, highlighting the impact of systemic racism and the quest for unity in a divided community.
Returning to the island after many years fills Charlotte with a mix of nostalgia and apprehension. The salty sea air evokes memories that send shivers down her spine, raising questions about her past and the reasons for her return. The story explores themes of memory, identity, and the emotional ties that bind us to places we thought we had left behind.
Focusing on the importance of body positivity, this book encourages children to embrace their unique bodies, celebrating the diversity of sizes, colors, weights, and shapes. It addresses the often challenging conversation surrounding body image, aiming to foster self-love and acceptance among young readers. Through relatable messages, it empowers kids to appreciate their individuality and promotes a healthy outlook on self-image.
When Ellie Roberts inherits a cottage on a remote Scilly Isle, she is taken aback, having never heard of the previous owner, Patience Ellis. Overwhelmed with questions, Ellie travels to the isolated island to uncover the mystery. Upon arriving, she searches for Patience's whitewashed cottage, hidden behind ivy. Inside, she experiences a strange familiarity, recalling laughter shared with her mother, who she lost in childhood. Determined to learn more, Ellie encounters the enigmatic Branok Shore. Initially aloof, he believes he can assist her, and as they connect, Ellie realizes she must understand her past before embracing the future.
Branok discovers letters in Patience's dresser from the Second World War, revealing a shocking secret Patience had to keep hidden. The letters recount a stormy night during the war, detailing an injured soldier who sought Patience's help and posed an impossible choice. However, they do not answer Ellie's pressing questions: Why did Patience leave her the cottage? How can she have memories of a place she’s never visited? As Ellie unravels the truth, she must confront her own fragmented life and find the strength to piece it all back together.
Finely observed beautifully written Daily Mail on The Secrets of Life and
Death Archaeologist Sage Westfield has been called in to excavate a sixteenth-
century well, and expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of
pottery. But the disturbing discovery of the bones of a woman and newborn baby
make it clear that she has stumbled onto an historical crime scene, one that
is interwoven with an unsettling local legend of witchcraft and unrequited
love. Yet there is more to the case than a four-hundred-year-old mystery. The
owners of a nearby cottage are convinced that it is haunted, and the local
vicar is being plagued with abusive phone calls. Then a tragic death makes it
all too clear that a modern murderer is at work...
16th CenturyEdward Kelley and his mentor Dr John Dee have come to a
crossroads.21st CenturyJackdaw Hammond is living rough in London, blacking out
and waking with a sense of dread. Can the lessons of the past help defeat the
dark magic that threatens to steal her soul?
Venice, 16th Century Having undertaken a mission of the upmost discretion, occultist and scholar Edward Kelley finds his ultimate salvation means confronting the darkest deeds of his past. England, 21st Century When Jackdaw Hammond inherits an old house in the middle of nowhere her fresh start is threatened by a wild magic similar to her own. The battle for her soul has just begun... A stunning follow-up to The Secrets of Life and Death, a gripping supernatural thriller that bridges time, legend and the power of blood.
Krakow, 1585. Summoned by the King of Poland to help save his dying niece, Edward Kelley and his master, alchemist and scholar Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of the Countess Bathory's malady. But perhaps the cure will prove more terrifying than the alternative. England, 2010. Jackdaw Hammond lives in the shadows, a practitioner of occult materials. But when she learns of a young woman found dead on a train, her body covered in arcane symbols, there's no escaping the attention of police consultant Felix Guichard.
