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Today, we're joining forces with Rachel's Random Resources to bring you a stop along their current tour featuring the work of Rachel Walkley. We've got a spotlight to shine and an excerpt to share, so without further ado, I give you today's blog tour guest...
by
Rachel Walkley
About the book...
Whispers in the courtroom.
Can Laura unravel the truth by the end of
the trial?
In an old courtroom, a hissing voice distracts
shy juror, Laura, and at night recurring nightmares transport her to
a Victorian gaol and the company of a wretched woman.
Although burdened by her own secret guilt, and
struggling to form meaningful relationships, Laura isn’t one to
give up easily when faced with an extraordinary situation.
The child-like whispers lead Laura to an old
prison graveyard, where she teams up with enthusiastic museum
curator, Sean. He believes a missing manuscript is the key to
understanding her haunting dreams. But nobody knows if it actually
exists.
Laura is confronted with the fate of two people
– the man in the dock accused of defrauding a charity for the
blind, and the restless spirit of a woman hanged over a century ago
for murder. If Sean is the companion she needs in her life, will he
believe her when she realises that the two mysteries are converging
around a long-forgotten child who only Laura can hear?
Ordinary women.
Extraordinary experiences.
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~~~ EXCERPT ~~~
Extract
3:
Laura
is a typical officer worker, and what could possibly upset her nice
routine of life? Well, for starters, she’s a juror on what she
assumes will be a boring case of fraud, except she’s beginning to
doubt that, and to top it all, ever since the trial start in the old
courthouse in Lincoln Castle, she’s been hearing whispers in the
court room. By the fifth day of the trial, she’s realising
something more sinister is happening to her.
Laura
had woken up, breathless, heart thumping against her breastbone. The
unnatural images remained embedded in her waking thoughts, unlike
normal dreams, and they saturated her emotions with horror. But the
experience wasn’t quite like a paralysing panic attack, not in the
way she remembered those bad spells. The bizarre scene belonged in a
theatre or cinema, played out for her, an audience of one.
The
dream, always the same, like an episode repeating itself on a loop,
was too vivid in its details to forget, so it lingered on and became
part of her memories. She lay there, fatigue defeated by the rigours
of adrenaline, and convinced that if she managed to doze off again,
the nightmare would rematerialise. What bothered her the most was
that, throughout the macabre scene, she had heard noises like the
ones in the courtroom – hissing, tiny squeaks, and a high-pitched
whine. However, she now knew they weren’t anything to do with a fly
or any other small creature. She was hearing a voice: distorted,
quiet, and infantile; the incomprehensible whispers of a young child,
possibly a girl.
Shivering
feverishly, she pulled the duvet up to her chin and stayed stiff
until dawn, then she got up and dressed. The aching diminished during
breakfast. She hadn’t sneezed or blown her nose, so she ruled out a
cold. She moved around her house, avoiding the things that were
Marco’s, and came to the conclusion that she needed a major
distraction. More importantly: how to escape the dreams?
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About author Rachel Walkley...
Aspiring writer who pens Women's Fiction and magical tales about family secrets.
What else?
An East Anglian turned Northerner - almost.
Information professional, always.
Biologist, in my memories.
Archivist, when required.
Amateur pianist and flautist.
Reluctant gardener.
Scribbler of pictures.
And forever.... a mother and wife.
Oh, not forgetting, cat lover!
An East Anglian turned Northerner - almost.
Information professional, always.
Biologist, in my memories.
Archivist, when required.
Amateur pianist and flautist.
Reluctant gardener.
Scribbler of pictures.
And forever.... a mother and wife.
Oh, not forgetting, cat lover!
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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of tour for more bookish fun!
Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of tour for more bookish fun!
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