THE VISITOR.

Book info: THE VISITOR. (Paperback, 377 pages – Hodder, 2005) – Hodder, 2005. Language: Eng.

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1974. Oxford.Detective Briony Williams, starting a new job with the Thames Valley police in Oxford, is called to investigate the murder of a seventeen-year-old girl.Convinced that the girl’s murder is no ordinary domestic crime, Briony delves into the world of the supernatural when she finds a stone carved with an ancient cryptic message clutched in the victim’s hand.The police need solid scientific evidence that will stand up in court, but in order to solve the case Briony must ally herself with a psychic girl and a druid leader.As Briony investigates, the danger deepens, setting her directly in the path of a killer bent on eliminating anyone getting close to the truth.Undeterred, Briony must steer a course between the rational and the supernatural in her search for The Visitor.The Visitor is an expertly plotted crime thriller from a master of the genre.‘A gripping, original, elegant fiction that wears a wealth of arcane knowledge lightly, never patronises the reader and leaves the door tantalisingly open for sequels.’- Weekend Australian‘real edge of the seat stuff, deadly and dramatic…’ - Woman’s Day‘This outstanding novel is everything a good psychological thriller should be — gruesome, unpredictable and un-put-downable.’ - Australian Women’s Weekly Book of the MonthJane R Goodall was born in Yorkshire, England, attended school in Adelaide, and went to university in London before returning to live in Sydney. She teaches in the School of Contemporary Arts at the University of Western Sydney. She is also the author of ‘The Walker’ and ‘The Calling’.Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.