First reviews of The Rose Trail – 3 x 5*s

The Rose Trail is a great mixture of amateur detection and supernatural riddles, with dramas of the present day crashing painfully into dramas of the seventeenth century. A time when the country was riven by civil war, religious bigotry, totalitarian rulers, rebellious subjects wanting liberty, and families divided – not so very different from some events today. I love the story of the past, with two brothers at war over politics and love, but I also adore the two present-day protagonists, Fay and Persephone, so very different, but linked by an uncomfortable way with the desperate touch of the past. Ghosts need to find peace – those of the distant and the more recent past. Fay and Percy make a great team of detectives and I suspect (hope) there will be many more investigations to come.

This is a fascinating and sometimes spooky story, which has us following a ribbon through time, back and forth to the 17th century.
However this ribbon has a disturbing and rather scary kink in it, which our story-teller and heroine – Fay – is determined to unravel. She is so down to earth and yet courageous 

with her gift of being able to sense another reality which most of us are blind to. She carries us along

 through time with a big love as her guide … her passion. But with this love, comes conflict. Fay has to

make heart-breaking decisions which will impact on her life – and the lives of others – in a hugely dramatic way.
I love the cracking pace, with surprising jolts. It\’s a great gripping read!

I loved The Rose Trail, the humour, sadness, history, mystery and romance not to mention ghosts keep it

 fascinating from the first page to the last. I couldn’t put it down.