By Melina Byrne, Book Review Expert from Doubleday Entertainment The Strange Fate Of Kitty Easton, by prize-winning author Elizabeth Speller, is an absorbing, old-fashioned mystery. It is set in a small town that is haunted by the disappearance of a five year-old girl, Kitty Easton, who vanished many years earlier.
This is a literary thriller. It’s not the type of book that you’ll speed-read in two days. It’s a novel you’ll become quietly intrigued with, and read over a few weeks. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be desperate to know what happened to the missing girl (it’s definitely worth waiting for!)
The plot:
Former World War I infantry officer Laurence Bartram is called to the small English village of Easton Deadall. Laurence is struck by the beauty of the town, but it soon becomes clear that this village is haunted by its tragic past. In 1911, young Kitty Easton disappeared from her bed and has not been seen since.
When things take a sinister turn, Laurence will discover that the village is hiding a dark story of love, betrayal and violence.
Book review:
“Elizabeth Speller’s novel works exceptionally well as an absorbing mystery story but it has a depth of characterisation and a psychological acuity that is rare in crime fiction … a highly convincing portrait of a small community still in thrall to the losses, cruelties and betrayals of its recent past” – BBC History Magazine
About the author:
Elizabeth Speller is the author of two novels and four non-fiction books. Her debut novel was The Return Of Captain John Emmett. She also writes poetry.
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