Sweet Heart

by Peter James

Overview

'This book inflicts more shocks than an electric fence.' Daily Mail

Charley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house with its cluster of outbuildings, the lake and the swirling mill stream; a powerful sense of recognition, as if she has been there before. Except she knows she hasn't.

After Charley and her husband Tom move into Elmwood Mill, sinister memories of a previous existence start to haunt her. Despite both their attempts to dismiss everything with rational explanations, the feeling turns to certainty as the memories become increasingly vivid and terrifying.

Charley is persuaded to undergo hypnosis - but in searching deep into her past, she will soon fear her future.

'James has been compared with Stephen King, but in many ways he's better.' Daily Express

'Peter James is getting better with every book.' Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409133469
Publisher:	Orion
Publication date:	11/04/2010
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	435,133
File size:	485 KB

About the Author

Peter James is a UK No. 1 bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. With a total of 13 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 19 million copies to date, and has been translated into 37 languages.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career - which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger. Many of Peter's novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage.

Editorial Reviews

When Tom and Charley Witney, young Londoners desperate to conceive a child, decide a move to the country will relax them (per doctor's orders), they purchase Elmwood Mill, a secluded 15th-century building, and begin a rural existence that proves to be anything but relaxing. It seems the place is inhabited by the spirit of a nasty woman who once lived there, and Charley soon falls victim to horrific visions that leave Tom untouched. Charley experiences an odd familiarity with the house and begins ``regressive therapy'' to find out whether she had a past life that involved Elmwood Mill. James ( Possession ) uses these therapeutic sessions to chilling narrative effect as the regression continues and Charley's discoveries mount up. Readers will want to lock all the doors and light the lamps. ( Dec. )

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

For no medical reason, Charley and her moody husband Tom are unable to conceive a baby. Hoping a change of scene will help, they move to the country. The old house seems familiar and threatening to Charley, though she has never been there before. Charley has been trying various psychological treatments to cure her infertility; she visits a hypnotist and begins to believe that, because of the past, she does have a connection with the house. An orphan, she traces her natural parents; sure enough, the house played a deadly role in their lives, and now Charley's presence has awakened some vengeful ghosts. This is a quietly frightening horror thriller, only slightly marred by one of those ``but is it really the end?'' epilogs. Bewildered Charley is a likable heroine (though one wonders what she sees in spoiled Tom), and the clues that mount up do make the reader anxious to find out what really happened to Charley's parents.-- A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington, D.C.

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