Here’s the set-up for Rebecca Reid’s The Coop, just $2.99 on Kindle or Currently Free Via the Kindle Lending Library:A girl, apparently imprisoned in a room, is the thread of mystery running parallel to the tale of Thatchbury village.
Meet Howard and Lilly. They take you on a journey through Thatchbury where Mathew, the child from the coop, shoots Jodie Tiding, and so unravels the history of his loveless raising, her innocence and the dramatic events leading them to disaster.
The Coop is a darkly compelling vision of the layers of consciousness. Although conceived as the first novel in a trilogy, The Coop stands alone as a brilliant individual work of fiction.
From the reviewers:
‘Brilliant’ – Colin Bateman (Best selling author)
‘Original and disturbing. This is a beautifully written debut.’ – Sue Leonard, Irish Examiner
‘Reid dazzles. The Coop is hauntingly beautiful…a page turner.’ – Literati Literature Lovers
‘Great page-turner!’ – Marie-Louise Muir, BBC
This book will keep you guessing and at the end, blow your suspicions right out of the water. Nothing is as it seems or is it? The Coop is hauntingly beautiful and a page turner. Once you start you won’t want to stop and you’re left speechless at the end. Reid dazzles and I for one can’t wait to get my hands on book 2 and of course see how this trilogy concludes. – Jess
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From blogcritics.org:
At the age of 14, Rebecca Reid was taken out of school due to an illness. Being limited in the things she was able to do, she constantly expressed herself through writing, including poetry, stories, pieces expressing her feelings, as well as her thoughts. By the time she was 16, Ms. Reid had her own page in the local weekly newspaper, the Bangor Spectator, in which she covered anything and everything from fashion and beauty to film and teen issues.
At the age of 17, Rebecca Reid became a model, doing catwalk work, photographic work, as well as TV. In 2008 she graduated in English from Queens University, Belfast, and was awarded an Arts Council writing grant in 2009.
Ms. Reid was married in 2007 and resides in N. Ireland with her husband and their three daughters. The Coop is her first novel, and part of the Thickets Wood Trilogy.
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