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A tale inspired by real events of sisterhood, heartbreak and resilience in a Highland village home front in World War II Scotland. Clova, Scotland, 1942. As World War II roars overseas, sisters Nell and Effie Anderson live together in the old schoolhouse of their quiet glen. Effie is a teacher, while Nell works as a postwoman, delivering news-often of the worst-from the frontline to her neighbors. Though they love and care for one another, unspoken tensions and mysteries put distance between them. When a plane carrying Canadian and British soldiers crashes over their village, the only survivor stumbles to their door. In his pocket is a photo that will set in motion a chain of events threatening to uncover their family's troubling past. Told across a dual timeline of the sisters' adult years and their adolescence during World War I, Whispers in the Glen is a novel about secrets, lies, and the dangers of keeping them hidden.

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""Brilliantly evokes the lives of the women around Mary Queen of Scots in this fascinating mystery of a missing jewel and a ghost that haunts a beautiful Scottish castle to this day. Beautifully written. I loved it."" Elisabeth Gifford, author ""A rich atmospheric novel, giving voice to the women of Scotland's past.."" Ailish Sinclair, author ""All the ingredients of a thrilling read - royal jewels, a secret compartment, family intrigue, ghostly superstition and a treacherous husband ..."" Sara Sheridan, author of the Mirabelle Bevan series ""The wronged lady finally has her say ... One of the strangest and most disturbing stories to have emerged from Scotland's Jacobite past."" The Times ""Sue Lawrence's Lady's Rock is a fascinating slice of Scottish history packed with high stakes power-play and bloody revenge. Chock full of gasp-inducing twists and turns!"" Sarah Smith, author of Hear No Evil ""Lady's Rock draws a tale from one of the dark corners of Scotland's history and re-tells it in a way that is absorbing and vividly imagined. Clan feuds, love and betrayal, violence and vengeance - and all set against the peerless backdrop of the Scottish Highlands. Who can ask for more?"" Sarah Maine, author ""Sue Lawrence is a rock star."" The Guardian ""An amazing story."" Sally Magnusson, BBC journalist and author ""A fascinating historical novel ... utterly compelling."" Undiscovered Scotland ""A haunting, moving story."" Kirsty Wark, BBC journalist and author

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Sue Lawrence is the author of gripping historical thrillers that cast fascinating light on the perils and injustice that characterized women's lives in Scotland in centuries past whether they were penniless or wealthy. She is also one of the UK's leading cookbook writers and food broadcasters. Trained as a journalist, she won BBC television's first series of MasterChef and became Food Editor of the Sunday Times and a contributor to leading magazines, and she appears frequently on the BBC. Born in Dundee, she lives in Edinburgh.

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