The best part of The Puzzle Wood was the atmosphere – set in the Black Mountains of Herefordshire, close to the England-Wales border, on a remote estate surrounded by ancient woods steeped in folklore…Rosie Andrews really transports the reader there. The focus on Puzzle Wood itself was less than I would have liked but even so, the backdrop to this gothic novel was a good one. Combined with the spooky and supernatural elements of the storyline, which grows stronger towards the end, this is a great title for those new to Rosie Andrews writing. However, The Leviathan will always have my heart the most!
About the Book
Deep in the woods, something is stirring.
When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive.
It is not the echoing, near empty house with its skeleton staff that frightens her, nor the ancient woods that surround the Abbey or even the dogs that the owner, Sir Rowland, encourages to stalk the grounds, baying for blood. It is Catherine herself who fears scrutiny: her reference and very identity are fraudulent. She is travelling in disguise to investigate the fate of the last governess at the house, who took her own life out in the woods. For that governess was Catherine’s own sister, but until now she had believed Emily had died many years before, when they were just children.
In Rosie Andrew’s extraordinary follow up to the bestselling The Leviathan – one of the biggest debuts of 2022 – an isolated forest becomes the unsettling, beguiling backdrop to a tale of myths, memory and murder.
About The Author
Rosie Andrew’s THE LEVIATHAN was sold at auction to Bloomsbury and was published in 2022. Her second novel THE PUZZLE WOOD was published in 2024.
Rosie Andrews was born and grew up in Liverpool, as the third of twelve children. She studied History at Cambridge before becoming an English teacher. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and daughter.
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