The Mausoleum (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780727888723)

When lightning strikes an ancient crypt, it exposes a devastating wartime secret in this compelling psychological thriller.

1967. In a quiet village in the wild lands of the Scottish borders, disgraced academic Cordelia Hemlock is trying to put her life back together. Grieving the loss of her son, she seeks out the company of the dead, taking comfort amid the ancient headstones and crypts of the local churchyard. When lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb, she glimpses a corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones. But when the storm passes and the body vanishes, the authorities refuse to believe the claims of a hysterical 'outsider'.

Teaming up with a reluctant witness, local woman Felicity Goose, Cordelia's enquiries all lead back to a former POW camp that was set up in the village during the Second World War. But not all Gilsland's residents welcome the two young women's interference. There are those who believe the village's secrets should remain buried ... whatever the cost.

Author: David Mark
ISBN-10: 0727888722
ISBN-13: 9780727888723
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 32