The Blue Beads: Ancient Secrets Bound in Glass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781917329620)

Cressida Curtis, nearly sixteen, has found a beautiful antique necklace in a charity shop. Delighted, she buys it to wear at her best friend's forthcoming birthday party. What she has no inkling of is the strange secret hidden deep inside those blue beads.

At the party, while wearing the necklace Cressida begins to experience disturbing hallucinations. At first she tries to ignore them, and to concentrate on enjoying the company of Tolly Henderson, the intriguing and attractive boy she has just met. But the visions - scenes of violence and abduction in a long gone world - intensify so much that she ends up fleeing in terror, pulling the necklace off in a frantic attempt to escape.

​​​​​​​Over time the necklace's dark secrets become clearer. Cressida, re-united with Tolly, finds in him an ally and supporter, as together they delve into the mysterious history of the blue beads. Gradually their friendship deepens and intensifies; unravelling the mystery of the necklace together has taken them into the magical blossoming of their own love affair. The Blue Beads weaves a spellbinding tale of ancient mystery and modern love. Solving the puzzles of the past leads Cressida and Tolly into the joyful promise of a shared future together.