The House at the Edge of the Woods: the gripping new page-turning thriller
By (Author) Rachel Hancox
Cornerstone
Penguin (Cornerstone)
9th July 2024
11th April 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
823.92
Paperback
368
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
257g
The unsolved mystery of a murder lies at the heart of this page-turning story of a young couple who are struggling to find happiness and meaning in their lives together. When Ben was seven, his mother was murdered in the woods while he waited for her in their car. The case made the front pages, but her killer was never found. Thirty years later, Ben has a safe, grown-up life- a job, a ramshackle cottage and, most importantly, a happy marriage to Rebecca. His mother has receded to the corners of his mind, lingering only in the nightmares that won't quite go away. Then Rebecca takes on a new job, painting a fairy-tale fresco for a wealthy businessman who starts asking questions about Ben's mother . . . Is it time for the truth to come out - and for Ben to face the questions he's never dared ask before
Rachel Hancox read Medicine and Social and Political Science at Cambridge, qualified as a doctor three months after getting married, and has juggled her family, her career and a passion for writing ever since. She worked in Paediatrics and Public Health for twenty years, writing short stories alongside NHS policy reports, and drafting novels during successive bouts of maternity leave. Rachel loves singing, cooking, gardening and pottery, and has five children, three dogs and a cat. As someone once said, she thrives on chaos. She lives in Oxford with her husband and youngest children.