Description: A strange increase in snake activity in a small English village is either Nature's interference or something far more sinister, in this chilling mystery from the author of "Sacrifice."
Brief description: S. J. BOLTON (AKA Sharon Bolton), a Mary Higgins Clark Award winner and an ITW and Barry Award nominee, has also been shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger Award. She grew up in Lancashire, England, and now lives near Oxford with her family. Her books included the Lacey Flint novels: Now You See Me, Dead Scared, Lost, and A Dark and Twisted Tide.
Review Quotes:
"Awakening is a delicious Gothic thriller." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR, on Awakening
"Page-turning suspense." --Booklist (A Top Ten Crime Novel of the Year) "I was totally riveted by S. J. Bolton's second thriller, Awakening. . . . Perfect reading for a long plane trip." --Nancy Pearl on Awakening "The page-turner of the summer . . . It's been a long time since we've devoured a book this length at one sitting. . . . We were just grateful to find ourselves in the hands of as extraordinary a storyteller as S. J. Bolton." --The Denver Post on Sacrifice