THE TORMENTS

A tense creepy page turner Ian Rankin New Statesman Malone is the master of twists turns and the unexpected Herald Scotland Annie surged forward but she was too slow too late A hand came over and down and she felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck Then all became smoke and silence Hiding from the world in her little white cottage on the shores of a loch Annie Jackson is fighting to come to terms with the world of the murmurs a curse that has haunted female members of her family for centuries While she is within the ancient heavy stone of the old dwelling the voices merely buzz but the moment she steps outside the door they clamour to torment her all over again bringing with them shocking visions of imminent deaths Into this oasis comes her adoptive mother Mandy McEvoy begging for Annie s help Mandy s nephew Damien has gone missing after dropping off his four year old son at his mother s home Unable to refuse but terrified to leave her sanctuary Annie with the help of her brother Lewis is drawn in to a secretive seductive world that will have her question everything she holds dear while Lewis life may be changed forever The second book in the critically acclaimed Annie Jackson Mysteries series The Torments is both a contempo