From the first chapter to the exciting denouement, I was totally absorbed in this tale of family secrets. What could be more gothic than the sorrowful drabness of the rainy-day funeral which opens the story? Or the suspicious circumstances surrounding a death? Or the person you thought you knew turns out to be an enigma? The elements are all here: mystery, horror, death, romance and a touch of the supernatural. Described as an Australian gothic mystery it certainly falls into this category.

Thornwood House intrigued me from the start. Sadly that's where this book sat, overlooked, until recently and once I'd read it I wondered why I had left it there for so long. Throw in a mention of World War II and it is definitely heading for my TBR pile. Like many, I cannot pass up a book that involves old photographs, letters and abandoned houses. In her attempt to discover the truth she uncovers another family tragedy and in doing so places herself and her daughter in danger. The house, willed to Audrey by Tony Jarman, Bronwyn's father, was once the home of his grandfather, Samuel Riordan.Īudrey finds a faded photograph and a letter in the old house and becomes obsessed with the rumour that Samuel Riordan killed Tony's grandmother back in the 1940s, on his return from the war. And now Audrey, thanks to her need to uncover the past, has provided him with good reason to want to kill again.When Audrey Kepler and her eleven-year-old daughter, Bronwyn, move to Thornwood House on the outskirts of Magpie Creek, a small town in rural Queensland, it doesn't take them long to fall under its spell. When she learns about other unexplained deaths in recent years – one of them a young woman with injuries echoing those of the first victim – she begins to suspect that the killer is still very much alive. But as Audrey digs deeper into Samuel’s story, she discovers he was accused of bashing to death a young woman on his return from the war in 1946. In a dusty back room of the old house, she discovers the crumbling photo of a handsome World War II medic – Samuel Riordan, the homestead’s former occupant – and soon finds herself becoming obsessed with him. When you’re all that stands between the murderous past and the fate of those you love, how far would you go to save them?When Audrey Kepler inherits an abandoned homestead in rural Queensland, she jumps at the chance to escape her loveless existence in the city and make a fresh start. You can read this before Thornwood House PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Thornwood House written by Anna Romer which was published in September 1, 2013. Brief Summary of Book: Thornwood House by Anna Romer