A missing boy. Three extraordinary children. And a darkness that will stop at nothing.

Fourteen-year-old Ollie Cruise is missing. He was last seen two nights ago, down by the river, with an older boy.

DCI Bob Foreman suspects something very nasty has happened to him – and there’s only one person who can uncover the truth: Ellie McEwan, a healer with a rare psychic gift.

At her Surrey healing centre, Ellie is already alarmed by two new cases. Five-year-old Harry sketches WWII bomber planes with uncanny technical precision. Eight-year-old Christopher writes chilling stories of events before they actually happen.

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When the body of a teenager is found on a lonely forest road, Ellie realises the boys are connected to something very dangerous.

All leads point to an isolated mansion deep in the woods, home to the mysterious Eleventh House – and an extraordinary secret.

To save the children – and those she loves – Ellie must lead a perilous rescue. But it will take every ounce of her courage, and stretch her ability to its limits.

My Review

A teenage boy called Ollie Cruise has gone missing and DCI Bob Foreman is worried that he has been abducted or worse. His parents and one of his teachers give a very different view of the boy – his school ‘friends’ just think he is weird.

In the meantime, five-year-old Harry is creating detailed pictures of WWII bombers that a competent adult artist would be more than proud of, and Ellie’s neighbour Christopher wants to write a book. He is eight.

Ellie McEwan has inherited a healing centre where a number of interesting people work. Ellie herself can read auras as can her colleague Michael. Callum sees dead people like Carole and Vera who owned the centre before leaving it to Ellie. He can even see their dog. Are they there to warn him of some impending doom? He also sees a WWII airman, who stands close to Harry when he is drawing.

But then things take a sinister turn when a teenager’s body is found by the side of the road and then promptly disappears. So what’s going on? Are these all connected and what and where is the mysterious Eleventh House?

It’s an engrossing and captivating read with a unique plot and some lovely characters, particularly Ellie and Callum It’s just a bit overlong for me, though it will keep you interested until the climactic ending.

Many thanks to @ZooloosBT  for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

“I was born in Kent but spent most of my working life in London and Surrey. I was an apprentice florist to Constance Spry Ltd, a prestigious Mayfair shop that throughout the Sixties and Seventies teemed with both royalty and ‘real’ celebrities. What an eye-opener for a working-class kid from the Garden of England! I swore then, probably whilst I was scrubbing the floor or making the tea, that I would have a shop of my own one day. It took until the early Eighties, but I did it. Sadly the recession wiped us out, and I embarked on a series of weird and wonderful jobs; the last one being a bookshop manager. Surrounded by books all day, getting to order whatever you liked, and being paid for it! Oh bliss!

“And now I live in a village in the Lincolnshire Fens with my partner, Jacqueline, and three Springer spaniels and four little rescue Breton spaniels. I had been writing mysteries for years but never had the time to take it seriously. Now I write full-time, and as my partner is a highly decorated retired police officer; my choice of genre is a no-brainer! I have an on-tap police and judicial consultant, who makes exceedingly good tea!”

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