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Book Synopsis''Haunting, atmospheric and gripping'' John Connolly, New York Times best-selling author
''A beguiling heroine - clever, sympathetic and bearing a weight of guilt'' The Times
A woman''s body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen peninsula. Partially-clothed, with a strange tattoo on her thigh, she is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area.
Solicitor Benedicta ''Ben'' O''Keeffe is consumed by guilt; Marguerite was her client, and for the second time in her life Ben has failed someone who needed her, with tragic consequences. So when local Sergeant Tom Molloy dismisses Marguerite''s death as the suicide of a disturbed and lonely woman, Ben cannot let it lie.
Ben uncovers Marguerite''s strange past as a member of a French doomsday cult, which she escaped twenty years previously but not without leaving her baby daughter behind. Disturbed by what appears to be chilling local indiffe
Trade Review
[Treacherous Strand] is a modern Miss Marple-style whodunit story with a beguiling Irish setting which will grip you all the way. -- Lisa Hylton * Evening Telegraph *
A beguiling heroine - clever sympathetic and bearing a weight of guilt . . . This is Andrea Carter's first book; she'll go far * The Times *
The colourful cast of characters may be fictional, but the landscapes, towns and villages are instantly recognisable * Irish Daily Mail *
A promising start * The Sunday Times Crime Club *
Death at Whitewater Church is a charming debut that bodes well for Andrea Carter * Irish Times *
I adored this traditional crime novel; it's modern day Agatha Christie with Ben as Miss Marple * Irish Examiner *
A beguiling heroine - clever sympathetic and bearing a weight of guilt . . . This is Andrea Carter's first book; she'll go far * The Times *
The colourful cast of characters may be fictional, but the landscapes, towns and villages are instantly recognisable * Irish Daily Mail *
A promising start * The Sunday Times Crime Club *
Death at Whitewater Church is a charming debut that bodes well for Andrea Carter * Irish Times *
I adored this traditional crime novel; it's modern day Agatha Christie with Ben as Miss Marple * Irish Examiner *
