The Hollow Girl

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Set in a once grand gothic mansion steeped in long-buried secrets, The Hollow Girl is the stunning new literary suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Silent Listener. HARROWFORD HALL A safe haven for lost girls Or a breeding ground for revenge It's 1972 and, after fifteen years as a cop, Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman's body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside. But when 'Smithy' arrives at the decidedly creepy home, she finds it all but deserted. What's more, the home's overgrown graveyard suggests the apparent poisoning of Nurse Chapman is not Harrowford's first suspicious death . . . Led by the formidable Mrs Montague, Harrowford has for decades sold itself as a refuge for 'fallen girls' - like fourteen-year-old Jane McEvoy, banished there in 1962 with no idea of how she ended up pregnant. Or like newest resident Marilyn Pollard, who is desperate for escape until she becomes tangled up in another's heartbreaking tragedy. However, what the staff at the home failed to realise is that young girls who've been wronged grow up to be angry women . . .

Author Bio

Lyn Yeowart is a professional writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience writing and editing everything from captions for artworks to speeches for executives. Her award-winning debut novel, The Silent Listener, was loosely based on events from her childhood growing up in rural Victoria. The Hollow Girl was inspired by the true story of one of Lyn's friends.