Awakening (Tp/B)

An Idyllic Village is Thrown Into -Turmoil in the Startling, Heart-Racing New Thriller From the Author of Sacrifice.
"How Did It All Begin? I Suppose It Would Be the Day I Rescued a New-Born Baby From a Poisonous Snake, Heard the News of My Mother's Death and Encountered My First Ghost . . ."
Veterinary Surgeon Clara Benning is Young and Intelligent, but Practically a Recluse. Disfigured by a Childhood Accident, She Lives Alone and Shies Away From Human Contact Whenever Possible. but When a Man Dies Following a Supposed Snake Bite, the Victim's Post Mortem Shows a Higher Concentration of Venom Than Could Ever Be Found in a Single Snake.
Assisted by Her Softly Spoken Neighbour, and an Eccentric Reptile Expert, Clara Unravels Sinister Links to a Barbaric Ancient Ritual, an Abandoned House and a Fifty-Year-Old Tragedy That Left the Survivors Fiercely Secretive. Then the Village's Inventive Attacker Strikes Again, and Clara's Own Solitary Existence is Brutally Invaded.
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