Mortal Fire

by C.F. Dunn

Mortal Fire winner of GOLD in Adult Romance, ForeWordBook of the Year Awards, 2012 Nominated: Best Fiction Book of the Year, CRT 2012 In this award-winning debut novel and the first book in The Secret Of The Journal series, historian, Emma D'Eresby escapes the predictable safety of her life in Cambridge to seek the journal - the Seventeenth-century diary of an obscure Englishman - a portion of which was left to her by her grandfather. Secreted in the library of a university in Maine, USA, the journal is Emma's lifelong obsession but, as she takes up the year-long teaching post at the university, she realises that the journal has a rival as she is irresistibly drawn to the enigmatic figure of surgeon, Matthew Lynes. As Emma evades the romantic advances of seductive colleague, Sam Weisner, she becomes aware of a more sinister presence haunting the university. Attacks on woman heighten tension on campus and Emma fears that she is the focus of a stalker's attention. Suspense mounts on the eve of Halloween with horrific consequences; but where there is darkness there must also be light. Who is Matthew Lynes and what is his connection to the journal? 'If I could say one thing...Read this ' Colin Dexter, creator of 'Inspector Morse' 'The sense of growing menace will have readers gripping the edge of their seats. The hairs on my neck started to rise as I realised there was only one possible answer to the mystery. A tense and accomplished debut novel blending romance with thriller.' Fay Sampson, award-winning author 'The Hunted Hare' 'I began MORTAL FIRE one winter evening, with a cup of hot chocolate near at hand. Within a few chapters the chocolate was ignored and had gone cold. CF Dunn writes vivid prose which will hold a reader's attention to a riveting conclusion. ' Mel Starr, author of 'The Unquiet Bones'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782641017
• ISBN13: 9781782641018
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Lion Fiction
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"