Labyrinth (The first book in the Languedoc Trilogy Series)
When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological
dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal
past. But it's not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes
her uneasy; there's an overwhelming sense of evil in the tomb that
Alice finds hard to shake off, even in the bright French sunshine.
Puzzled by the words carved inside the chamber, Alice has an uneasy
feeling that she has disturbed something which was meant to remain
hidden... Eight hundred years ago, on the night before a brutal civil
war ripped apart Languedoc, a book was entrusted to Alais, a young
herbalist and healer. Although she cannot understand the symbols and
diagrams the book contains, Alais knows her destiny lies in protecting
their secret, at all costs. Skilfully blending the lives of two women
divided by centuries but united by a common destiny, LABYRINTH is
a powerful story steeped in the atmosphere and history of southern
France.
Sepulchre (2007) (The second book in the Languedoc Trilogy series)
An elderly priest brutally murdered. The body of a young man floating
in the River Aude. A nervous woman sitting in a damask-draped room.
A smiling man in the shadows. Four different people, scattered across
France, scattered across the ages. The only link, the painted tarot
cards they hold... SEPULCHRE is a spellbinding adventure that carries
us back from the present day in the French spa-town of Rennes-les-
Bains, first to the 19th century, and then further back into the
stories of the ancient kings buried there with their treasure.
For those who stumble upon the cards, unravelling the mystery of the
painted deck will take them on a treacherous journey of forbidden
knowledge, the power of the church and the pull of the occult.
A tale of strange music, personal ruin, murderous greed and age-old
secrets - prepare yourself to turn over the cards...
Eskimo Kissing (1996)
A novel about the search by an adopted twin, whose sister has died,
for her real parents.
The Cave (2009) (A book in the Quick Reads 2009 series)
March 1928. Frederick Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains
of south west France. He is caught in a violent storm and his car
crashes. He is forced to seek shelter in a boarding house in the
nearby village of Axat. There is only one other guest in the tiny
hotel, a pale and beautiful young woman called Hope. As the storm
rages outside, she explains how the region was ripped apart by wars
of religion in the 14th century. She tells how, one terrible night
in March 1328, all the inhabitants of Axat were forced to flee from
the soldiers into the mountains. The villagers took refuge in a cave,
but when the fighting was over, no one came back. Their bodies were
never found. Axat itself became a ghost town. When Fred wakes the
following morning, Hope has gone. Worse still, his car will take
several days to repair and he has to stay at the boarding house for
a few days more. To pass the time, he explores the mountains. Then
he realises it is almost 600 years to the day since the villagers
disappeared. He decides to go and look for the cave himself.
Perhaps, he thinks, he might even find Hope? It is a decision he
will live to regret.
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