The Winter's Child

By: Cassandra Parkin

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

Five years ago Susannah Harper's son, Joel, went missing without trace. Bereft of her son and then of her husband, Susannah has rebuilt her life around helping others. But then, on the last night of Hull Fair, a fortune-teller makes an eerie prediction. She tells her that this Christmas Eve, Joel will finally come back to her. As her carefully constructed life begins to unravel, Susannah is forced to confront the buried truths of her family's past.

©2017 Cassandra Parkin (P)2017 W.F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"A beautiful, rich, haunting and addictive masterpiece." (Louise Beech, author of How To Be Brave)

"A wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail...There are some brilliant twists." ( Daily Mail)

Too many unresolved details.

The writing style and narrator were enjoyable, but overall I did not enjoy this book. I cannot say more without too many spoilers but the ending was very disappointing.

I liked it

It was a different kind of story- good characters and developed mostly well. Several spots that seemed to go on longer than necessary and a few so repetitive I had to skip a bit. But for the most part, I enjoyed it and a lot of that was possible because of narrator. She's one of the pros.

Not sure what to think...

The story and writing was good, and the narrator was talented but she didn't match the character. The main character was supposed to be in her early 40s and attractive, but the narrator sounded middle aged and frumpy? If that's possible to tell. I could predict what was going to happen once she visited the first psychic, so the ending was predictable. I was bothered by the weakness of the main character throughout. Why didn't she get her son some help? Homeschool him if school was so unbearable? He husband was never mean or abusive towards her ever, so why was she so afraid of him when they had their son? I know characters are meant to have flaws, but it was like, come on woman!

Twist and turns the whole way thru.

Good characters, plot, and great final reveal. I may have to read another of her works!

Honestly, thank goodness this book was just a background noise! So drawn on… Boring. Do not waste your time.

This read was repetitive, reaching for viewers.
Over and over same slow, slow boring read
Thank god it was free
Waited and kept trying to hear maybe some storyline?!
Never happened .