A Goodreads 'Mover and Shaker' for summer 2019
The French Girl captivated readers with a twisting tale of psychological suspense. Now, author Lexie Elliott heads to the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, where a woman's tangled family history comes back to haunt her...
Some doors should stay locked...
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An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's now hers.
Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father.
Travelling back to her childhood home, which sits nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, Ailsa's past threatens to swallow her whole. And she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her.
So when Ailsa encounters an intruder in the dead of night, it becomes apparent that behind the manor's careless, rugged beauty lies a very real threat...
An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's now hers.
Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father.
Leaving London behind to settle her mother's estate, Ailsa returns to her childhood home nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, accompanied by the half-sister she's never taken the time to get to know.
With the past threatening to swallow her whole, she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her, or ignore how animals take care never to set foot within its garden.
And when Ailsa confronts the first nighttime intruder, she sees that the manor's careless rugged beauty could cost her everything...