The Echoing Shore by J.H.Mann

The Echoing Shore

 by J.H.Mann


The Echoing Shore by J.H. Mann was published on 30th August . My thanks to Jason and to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for sending me a coy to review.



Synopsis

A lifeboat is lost off Cornwall's wild Atlantic coast. All eight crewmen die. The cause is never fully explained.

Ten years later, Kate Tregillis, the editor of a small, struggling newspaper, becomes obsessed with solving the longstanding mystery.
Her investigations provoke a backlash of threats and violence in the insular fishing community of St Branok. In exposing the truth, she risks the future of her newspaper and even her life - and discovers that the man she loves has his own secrets.



My Review

I could not put this down from the minute I picked it up to the very last page. This is one of those stories that pulls you into the plot and the characters straight away whilst making you feel as though you are there on the cliffs in Cornwall with the waves smashing against the rocks and the rain lashing against the cottage windows.

You will really feel for Kate as she struggles to keep The Gazette afloat whilst wondering who, and what Danny is and why he has just turned up when he has.

I have to be honest the ending was not what I expected and though I had ideas as to why the lifeboat went missing I definitely did not guess the rest.

This is a story that will have you checking that you have secured the doors and windows and making sure that your security lights work whilst you then snuggle down in the warmth and dark to delve into the dark secrets of this small Cornish town.


About Jason




Jason Mann is an award-winning journalist and writer living in the South West of England with Nicola, his wife, and their lively whippet, Patch. He is also a shore-based volunteer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Jason says: ‘Many of my stories are set in the wonderful county of Cornwall where truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction. I have swum and surfed there much of my life. It has been a special place for me with its legends, soaring cliffs, rugged moors and wild seas. The landscape has a raw, mystical magic. My father and mother’s recollections of rescues and tragedies on the North coast are often the inspiration for my stories. My father became one of the county’s early lifeguards after his predecessor was killed by a strike of lightning while standing in waist-deep water during a rescue.’

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