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The Cold Cold Sea by Linda Huber

A family are enjoying another day at the beach in Devon on holiday when they realise that

their 3 year old daughter Olivia is missing. She had gone from her mother over towards her

father and brother who were rockpooling nearby. As the beach was deserted her mother

watched her part way and then sat down to drink her coffee. Could she have wandered

into the sea- which she really didn’t like too much? Meanwhile in Cornwall Jennifer is

pregnant with twins. Her daughter Hailey is about to start school but is behaving oddly

so Jennifer is giving her pills to make her sleep and be less troublesome. Her husband is

in the USA as his grandmother is terminally ill and doesn’t even know about the babies

as Jennifer wanted to keep it as a surprise for his return. Ooh! I could see where this was

going but it still made me want to turn faster and faster to see how it panned out.

Linda has a knack of giving you a thrilling plot and believable characters. Every parent’s

nightmare put on paper. That split second that you do something else thinking

everything is right in the world, and for most it is but for some in that split second,

everything changes. This is not just another “girl missing” read but one that comes

to life through the drama, tragedy and hope of those involved. An emotional read,

a turbulent read. One done extremely well.

 

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Synopsis: They stared at each other, and Maggie felt the tightness in her middle expand as it shifted, burning its way up… Painful sobs rose in her throat as Colin, his face expressionless now, reached for his mobile and tapped 999. When three-year-old Olivia disappears from the beach, a happy family holiday comes to an abrupt end. Maggie is plunged into the darkest nightmare imaginable – what happened to her little girl? Further along the coast, another mother is having problems too. Jennifer's daughter Hailey is starting school, and it should be such a happy time, but the child is increasingly moody and silent. Family life has never seemed so awkward, and Jennifer struggles to maintain control. The tide ebbs and flows, and summer dies, but there is no comfort for Maggie, alone now at the cottage, or for Jennifer, still swamped by doubts. ‘A psychologically astute, edge-of-the-seat story.’ Hilary Johnson ‘Unsettling and disturbing… I couldn’t put it down.’ Rebecca Muddiman ‘Breathtaking and utterly compelling.’ Debi Alper Bio: Linda Huber grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, but went to work in Switzerland for a year aged twenty-two, and has lived there ever since. Her day jobs have included working as a physiotherapist in hospitals and schools for handicapped children, and teaching English in a medieval castle. Currently she teaches one day a week, and writes psychological suspense novels and feel-good novellas with (most of) the rest of her time. Her writing career began in the nineties, when she had over fifty short stories published in women’s magazines. Several years later, she turned to psychological suspense fiction, and her seventh novel, Death Wish, was published by Bloodhound Books in August 2017. Linda’s latest project is a series of feel-good novellas, set on the banks of Lake Constance and just minutes from her home in north-east Switzerland. She really appreciates having the views enjoyed by her characters right on her own doorstep! Links: Amazon Author Page: viewAuthor.at/LindaHuber Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlindahuber Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindaHuber19 website: http://lindahuber.net/