Winter’s Children: Curl up with this gripping, page-turning mystery as the nights get darker

Winter’s Children: Curl up with this gripping, page-turning mystery as the nights get darker
Leah Fleming

‘A heartwarming read.’ CloserGrieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire Dales to escape.But Wintergill is far from the quiet refuge they had hoped for. The owners are facing a bleak future, but despite the struggle Nik Snowden wants to keep the house and lands that have been in his family for generations.Yet, Nik is not the only one attached to the house. In the distant past, a terrible tragedy occurred and ever since a restless spirit is rumoured to haunt the land bringing misery and devastation.Through the long winter nights buried secrets are brought to light, but can they prevent another tragedy at Wintergill?The perfect gripping mystery for fans of Rachel Hore and Jenny Ashcroft

LEAH FLEMING

Winter’s Children

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers in 2010 This ebook edition published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2017

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Source ISBN: 9781847561046

Ebook Edition © November 2010 ISBN: 9780007352487

Version: 2017-08-28

For all the Wiggins, past, present and future who love this season.

Contents

Cover (#u2d658ddb-3305-5b1a-b5dd-a28b918e2d85)

Title Page (#u3ff69f6c-c60b-52bf-90f7-441cfa6755c3)

Copyright (#u0b44a197-fbc6-5585-85b2-d22f3623228a)

Dedication (#ubdf4cf70-1f65-5663-be1d-c1b20f435d76)

Christmas Eve (#u3705273a-775b-53b4-9e05-1608b93c17df)

At the Eve of All Souls (#u15e5b0c4-9392-58af-b519-2827f996d6d2)

Yorkshire, November 2001 (#ubbcd2eab-e84e-5ef6-bd68-7e9e5a463e27)

Sutton Coldfield, October 2001 (#u7a25acc6-af23-5b85-9a12-bb3d6c502a21)

Northbound (#u2f3ce22e-cf8a-5610-a6e9-23583804d9c5)

Hepzibah Snowden, 1653 (#u672638fc-dd29-5474-856c-e7d0abdd6bd7)

Stone Walling (#u6d22d44a-5e8e-5df2-a172-14fb915c4b5a)

Farmhouse (#u9663cfde-9d69-5733-ada4-6c874e29f36d)

Anona Norton, 1653 (#u2afa2a05-ec90-541d-9c47-614dafe7bdec)

Village School (#litres_trial_promo)

Quiz Night (#litres_trial_promo)

A Stormy Forecast (#litres_trial_promo)

Joss Snowden and the London Painter, July 1816 (#litres_trial_promo)

Christmas Shopping (#litres_trial_promo)

Agnes, 1869 (#litres_trial_promo)

1874 (#litres_trial_promo)

Shadow Fire (#litres_trial_promo)

Refuge (#litres_trial_promo)

Shirley and the German Christmas, December 1946 (#litres_trial_promo)

Understanding (#litres_trial_promo)

Evie, December 2001 (#litres_trial_promo)

The Search (#litres_trial_promo)

Christmas Eve 2001 (#litres_trial_promo)

A Jacob’s Join Christmas (#litres_trial_promo)

Author’s Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Reading Group Questions (#litres_trial_promo)