Winterscroft
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My review -
This
is a really gripping story, whether or not you believe in ghosts. Lavender, the
younger of three sisters, died with her grandparents in a road accident when
she was nineteen. Five years later, Matt, who was about to become her fiancé, is
preparing to marry, and Rose, Lavender’s sister, offers the gardens of her
home, Winterscroft, for the wedding reception. Soon things begin to go wrong.
Sprigs, and the scent, of lavender presage inexplicable events in the lives of
the two families. Lavender, it seems, is a restless spirit who won’t stop at
harming, or even killing, to get her way.
I
first came across the author’s work in an anthology and loved her graceful,
fluent style. In this book, my only doubt, that a happy and loving girl would
become malicious and spiteful after death, was explained in a way that grounded
me in the story again. I read this book in under twenty-four hours. It’s that
exciting! I’d love to see it made into a film. It gives an updated nod in the direction
of the Dennis Wheatley books I devoured as a teenager. I know the area in which
it’s set and the detail, together with the intimate lives of the families
involved, kept the story from becoming too abstracted from real life. Highly
recommended for a totally different kind of murder mystery.
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