Revenge House

This is a tense, classy thriller for an older readership, with a well-plotted double narrative and with sections of verse that might require a bit of tenacity. Ashley sets a tone and style that is very contemporary and should have wide appeal. Some of the heavies seem a bit as though they are out of a naff detective series, but central characters are sympathetically drawn.

London girl Sophia has no choice but to become ‘buried’ in marshland Kent after the untimely, accidental death of her father. The possessive, grieving mother feels that here her daughter will be safe. But she hasn’t reckoned on Sophia developing a relationship with a local motorbiking Romeo or the gangland thugs that descend on their isolated B & B and put them all in grave danger.