Book, Young Adult/Teen

Release Day for Black Hare Valley Book One: 1996! By Chantelle Atkins

Black Hare Valley
Troublemakers not welcome. Secrets must not be revealed. The past must stay buried and the missing will be forgotten.

Wannabe reporter Jaime is new in town and desperate to be accepted but when she spies local hooligan Jesse Archer being arrested she cannot resist following the story. Jesse leads her to the bookshop where mild Paddy Finnis hangs out with his spiky friend, Willow Harrison. When sweet-natured Ralph Maxwell turns up too, Jaime wonders if she has found new friends.

Jesse is hiding secrets under secrets however and when Paddy vanishes in the night, the group close ranks to investigate his disappearance.

Why is Jesse being blackmailed by the fearsome Sergeant Mayfield? Why does the Vicar Roberts stalk Willow’s nervous mother? And is Mayor Margaret Sumner, their friend or their foe?

Black Hare Valley is a sacred place where terrible things happen and then everyone forgets.

A Note From the Author About the Book

A book idea that was conceived back in 2020 and started off with a map of the town myself and my son created together, then was written in long-hand during a prolonged power cut in 2023, is finally here! Back then I had no idea it would morph into a series, a whole universe even, but I am delighted that it did, as I love this universe and these characters so much!

If you like folk horror, and stories about teen heroes, ancient evil and curses, generational trauma, secrets, power struggles and dark forces, then you’re going to want to jump into this world!

Special offer at just 99p!

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