Dancing with the Uninvited Guest - Tapa dura

Places her firmly in the first division of the newer crime writing generation - The Times on The Long Close Call A compelling psychological thriller with echoes of Barbara Vine and Minette Walters. Well written, intelligent and chilling - Val McDermid on A Likeness in Stone thrilling it certainly is - The Oxford Times Chilling first novel . . . absorbing and genuinely surprising - Guardian on A Likeness in Stone Wallis Martin is building up a steady reputation for her psychological thrillers, of which this present one is her forth...you've got a reliable spine chiller - The Irish Times An intelligent, thoughtful story which leaves the reader on the edge of their seat. Well constructed, beautifully written. It will definitely rank among the best crime books of the year - Yorkshire Post on The Bird Yard 'A book you don't want to put down.' - OBSERVER - Observer

Lyndle Hall is a medieval manor house lying in the heart of Northumbria's national park. It is from here that an 18 year old girl disappears - along with Lyndle's owner, Francis Herrol. First assumptions are that the two ran off together, but evidence indicates otherwise, and when Detective Inspector Tate arrives at Lyndle to investigate and meets Nicholas Herrol, a tormented young man, his fears for the girl's fate deepen. Parapsychologist Audrah Sidow is convinced there is nothing on this earth for which there is not a rational explanation. But she knows that there is more to the collection of fractured people gathered at Lyndle than is apparent, and as the police hunt for a dead body grows increasingly urgent, she must discover what lies at Lyndle Hall's dark heart.