Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: The Silence of the Stones

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Author: Rebecca Bryn

Genre: Women’s Fiction

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Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23388798-the-silence-of-the-stones

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Alana is left a house in her aunt’s will. An aunt she wasn’t aware of. When the struggling artist, sculptor and single mother decides to live in the house a past is revealed. Murder, mystery and intrigue are thrown in the mix.

What I liked about the book:

The book is a real page-turner and I can highly recommend it. One of the best books I’ve read in recent years.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I loved the entire book.

My favourite bits in the book:

The many twists and turns and how Alana never gave up.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I loved the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is the first book I’ve read by this author. She has written several more and I’m keen to check those out too.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a tricky question to answer. I’ve not read any like this previously.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Perhaps

Adult Yes

If you like mysteries and intrigue, this book may be the book for you.

I’m certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

Mystery, murder, suspense, with psychological depths, heartbreaking undertones and romantic overtones. Twists and turns will keep you guessing to the end. Alana is a struggling artist and sculptor, scarred by her parents' relationship and a lost love but determined to grab life by the throat, whatever the cost. Opportunity beckons when she is left a cottage in a West Wales’ village by an aunt she didn’t know existed, but strange runes painted on her door and carved onto ancient stones in a stone circle, hint at a dark undercurrent of tragedy and intrigue and she is caught up in the village’s conspiracy of silence over a thirty-year-old crime.

An eccentric old woman, a young female investigative journalist, a two-year-old girl, a good-looking male busker and an ex-lover make unlikely bedfellows but combine to send Alana on a voyage of self-discovery that changes her world forever.

About the Author:

Rebecca lives in West Wales with her husband and dog, where she paints the fabulous coastal scenery and writes historical, mystery, and post-apocalyptic tales with a twist. Her historical novel Touching the Wire won a Gold Medal in the Readers' Favorite 2019 Book Awards.