When the Tide Turned

By M L Eaton

Like thrilling action with a supernatural twist? Try this gripping legal thriller starring a young woman lawyer who unintentionally becomes a detective.
It is August 1976 and an oppressive heat hangs over Romney Marsh in the South East corner of England. Soon after the birth of her daughter, Hazel Dawkins, a young lawyer, is unexpectedly asked to return to work. No sooner has she agreed than she discovers that a dark force threatens both her family and her country; and before long, the past and present intertwine in a rising tide of horrifying events. Haunted by terrifying images, she knows that she must uncover secrets from the past if she is to avert a catastrophe that will destroy all that she holds dear. What draws her to the painting depicting a sudden storm at sea on a night in 1803 as Napoleon prepares to invade England? What is the secret of the man pegged down to die on the incoming tide? As Hazel seeks the answers to these questions she faces evil and intrigue, her life and that of her baby daughter threatened at every turn.
'Compulsively readable ... An exciting absorbing story, beautifully written.' Reader's Review.

• Language: English
• Publisher: M L Eaton
• Release date: May 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310560514

M L Eaton

Retired from legal practice and semi-retired from holistic therapy - although she still teaches Reiki and other workshops - Marion lives close to the sea in the beautiful East Sussex countryside with a long-suffering husband, a lazy saluki and an urge to write into the small hours. I’ve wanted to write for as long as I can remember. But Life intervened and I only managed to complete my first novel when I was over sixty. My first career – as a lawyer – began in the nineteen seventies when there were very few women in the legal profession of England and Wales, and the dice tended to be loaded against them! My first small office on Romney Marsh eventually extended until, after a number of changes, amalgamations and growth it evolved into one of the top 100 legal firms in England and Wales. My second career – in complementary health – began in 1994 when I qualified as a professional aromatherapist and also became a Usui Reiki Master Teacher. Over the years I have taught Reiki to hundreds of students. With my husband, also a lawyer, I ran a complementary health clinic in the Old Town of Hastings, East Sussex for several years. All forms of holistic health interest me but it is energy healing, in all its various facets and forms, which I find most fascinating and from which I can never quite retire.

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