Mark Edwards ~ The Retreat

I believe I bought this book from Amazon.  I like Mark’s writing.  I started the book on 8/15/23.  I’m four chapters in and so far it hasn’t had any major twists.  Characters seem well defined though.  I finished the book on 8/24/23.  10 days.  Wow, the twists…  Lily and her parents move into a new home in Wales.  Folklore states that there is a witch that lives in the woods and steals children every 35 years.  The writers “Retreat” is where Lily’s family lived.  Mum still lives there but lost her husband and Lily the same day.  Husband drowned and Lily “disappeared”.   Lucas, the writer, goes to the Retreat to finish his second book.  It’s actually his old hometown but they moved away…Humpf 34 years ago…..  Well the twists start to happen at about chapter 40.  Characters are well written, chapters are kind of long and names are hard to pronounce.  Overall I’m giving this book an 8/10.