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Wendy Goult

    Drawing on a background in historical research and construction, this author turned to storytelling after retiring. Her narratives often delve into the complexities of human experience, exploring themes of change, loss, and resilience with a keen eye for detail and emotional depth. Through her prose, she invites readers into thoughtfully crafted worlds that resonate with personal reflection and the enduring power of the human spirit.

    Chain Reaction
    The Phoenix Club
    Chasing Shadows
    A Tangled Web of Time
    • 2021

      The Phoenix Club - a nest of secrets and lies.Could you sacrifice family to hide your crimes?When Sir John dies, Leewood House (his home in rural Norfolk) reveals its secrets.But nothing happens here, does it? Yet scratch the surface and you'll be surprised.CRIME - How far would he go to protect reputation?REVENGE - How far can anyone be pushed to resolve old grudges?INTRIGUE - How far would you go to discover answers to family mysteries?It's the family and Suzie Paltrow's probate team that unpick the past. To them it's just another job - or is it?The Phoenix Club is a journey into wartime, forcing the family to confront themselves. To ask questions that unlock repercussions in the present. Dark energy rises through jealousy and greed.Family mysteries fascinate and beguile.But are you ready when they turn spooky, dangerous,or DEADLY?

      The Phoenix Club
    • 2019

      Is time an illusion? A static concept, brain manufactured, to make sense of our world? A Tangled Web of Time challenges our understanding, taking us into the unknown. In 2017, Natasha Marsh moves into Elm Tree Farm, Suffolk. But she is not alone. Also present is previous owner, Nick Moran, a well-known song writer in his day. Is he a ghost? Nat and he exchange letters via the grandfather clock, developing a relationship which is far from 'ghostly', wandering between one another's time zones, accompanied by Nick's dog, Digger. Nick, however, is haunted by the dark, destructive energy of obsessive desire and the relentless pursuit of homosexual, Alf Riley. A devastating force for evil reaching out from the past. Isn't the past best left in the past? Not to be tangled with? This novel is a real page-turner, an expert blend of crime thriller and the paranormal.

      A Tangled Web of Time
    • 2017

      He who murders and gets away lives to murder another day. Children now play on Bramton Common and nearby householders such as Jan, Kerry and Debs know little of the dramas that once occurred so near to their own front doors, and nothing of the unquiet souls of the victims and the stories they could tell. Yet Police Detective Alan Woodgate cannot forget. Now retired, this is the one cold case that preys on his mind. He and his CID colleagues never did solve the case of the missing persons from Brampton Common, nor could they confirm death since no bodies were found. Back in the sixties the clues and enquiries led nowhere and now memories and photographs have faded. All Alan knows is that their abductor and assumed murderer is organised, coldly calculating and is still at liberty. Quite possibly still living in the local area. Can Jan, Kerry and Debs help him?

      Chasing Shadows
    • 2016

      Do you believe or even think there might be life after death? We all have our opinions on this conundrum. Chain Reaction takes up the challenge in admirable style and gives an acceptable insight into what it could be like to be 'on the other side'.We follow the chain of events that occur after Kate Maple arrives in her afterlife with no recollection of how or why it happened and who killed her.The story weaves through the lives of friends, family, witnesses and suspects exposing vulnerabilities and associated threats. Even the police are not immune. Their frustrations, reactions, emotions and attractions show they are human too.This is no sugary, endless fields of flowers, birds and butterflies tale but draws the reader into a story of illicit love and secrecy, a love betrayed and a rage that takes away all reason but which ultimately leads the reader into a sense of wellbeing.

      Chain Reaction