THE WHISPERING RIVER
A historical mystery with long-buried secrets and dual timeline suspense
A Victorian era murder. A modern-day family researcher. Can she unravel a governess's entanglement in a dark family secret?
Ireland, 1895. Polly Brady hopes to escape her oppressive past by accepting the position of governess at Colgrannagh, an old house in the Wicklow mountains. But when she learns her employer’s botanist husband died in unusual circumstances, she is drawn into a poisonous deception that threatens her future.
2022. After the breakdown of her marriage and the loss of her job, Fiona Foley is determined to start afresh with a research project about a pioneering female doctor from the 19th century. When a shocking discovery is unearthed in the garden, her investigation takes a more sinister twist.
As Fiona delves deeper into the family's past, she finds startling evidence of a tragic event that occurred one August night over a century before…
With the help of a secret game played by the children and an intricate embroidery of the herb garden passed down through generations, can Fiona succeed in uncovering the truth?
With long-buried secrets, dual timeline suspense, and surprising twists and turns, The Whispering River is the second novel in the ‘Foley Family Mysteries’ series but can also be read as a standalone.
THE FAMILY SHADOW
A historical mystery with long-buried secrets and dual timeline suspense
A Victorian era murder. A modern-day family researcher. Can she solve the century old puzzle of a racehorse trainer’s death and his wife’s disappearance?
Ireland, 1891. Rosalind Thornton only wants to be a perfect mother and spouse. Happy at first to have given her husband the son he longed for, she begins to worry about his increasingly erratic spending and volatile moods. And when his body turns up in the local woods, her guilt remains in question for 130 years…
2019. Fiona Foley needs to put her husband’s betrayal behind her. Offered a chance to get away and recover, the disillusioned history teacher travels to an old rambling house on the sweeping Wexford coast to assist an eccentric descendant of the Thornton family. Fending off a prying journalist intent on digging up dirt, Fiona finds herself in a race to uncover the truth.
As the two women separately untangle a devastating plot, only an old journal full of riddles might be the key to solving the crime.
Can Fiona figure out what really happened on the fateful night Rosalind disappeared forever?
With long-buried secrets, dual timeline suspense, and surprising twists and turns, The Family Shadow is the first novel in the ‘Foley Family Mysteries’ series but can also be read as a standalone.
THE NEGLECTED GARDEN
A page-turner seeded with mystery and suspense
A garden designer with hope. A property developer with secrets. Will the restoration of an old walled garden dig up more than they can handle?
Ireland, 2010. Gilly Townsend’s beloved landscaping business doesn’t survive the financial crash. Just when she thinks she’ll have to move back home, a profitable project to restore an inspirational walled garden lands in her lap. But she never expected her wealthy boss from London to inspire her as well.
Marc Fletcher just wants an escape for him and his four-year-old son. As he tries to forget a dark past, Gilly’s skills in the garden bring light back into his life. As he and his landscaper grow closer, a family shadow threatens everything he holds dear.
Amidst increasingly angry blackmail, Marc and Gilly’s love starts to blossom. But when threats transform into criminal action, will the developer’s poisonous past bury Gilly six-feet-under?
The Neglected Garden is seeded with intrigue and suspense with a sprinkle of romance. If you like gutsy heroines, enigmatic heroes and plots with a twist, then you’ll love Suzanne Winterly’s captivating garden mystery.
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