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A Step In The Dark

A spellbinding novel of passion, tragedy and dark secrets
  • Author
    • Judith Lennox
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A powerful family drama set in India and Scotland, from 1915 to the 1960s

It's 1915 when young Bess Ravenhart, recently widowed, leaves her baby son Frazer with her mother-in-law, Cora, while she sails from India to Britain to set up a home. But Cora has no intention of returning Frazer to his mother's care. Though Bess makes a new life in Edinburgh and knows the joy - and pain - of motherhood with further children, her heart always aches for the little boy she left behind. When Frazer travels to Scotland twenty years later, it seems Bess's dreams of a reconciliation will come true. But Frazer trails danger in his wake, and it's possible that not only he but also Bess and her whole family will live to rue the day of his return...


  • Published: May 17 2007
  • Pages: 640
  • 198 x 130mm
  • ISBN: 9780755331321

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Press Reviews

  • The Times
    Praise for Judith Lennox's novels: 'A fast-moving, complex story
  • Daily Mail
    A beautifully turned, compassionate novel. Judith Lennox's writing is so keenly honest it could sever heartstrings
  • Daily Express
    Great, old-fashioned storytelling in the best sense
  • Bookseller
    A definite contender for Rosamunde Pilcher's crown
  • Reading Evening Post
    Praise for Judith Lennox: The unforgettable story of the secrets that can bind a family or ultimately destroy one
  • Daily Mail
    Judith Lennox's writing is so keenly honest it could sever heartstrings
  • The Times
    A fast-moving, complex story
  • New Books Magazine
    Completely unputdownable... a lovely, entrancing book
  • Good Book Guide
    A gripping and intelligent romance
  • Choice Magazine
    A sensitive examination of love and loss by this master storyteller
  • Newcastle Herald
    The characters are in many ways so normal, yet in other ways so unbelievably wonderful, in this gripping and heartfelt story
  • Woman & Home
    Compelling storytelling
  • Sunday Express
    A compelling novel... Lennox's prose is detailed but never overly dense and powerful when describing prosaic scenes
  • Candis
    A novel of passion and intrigue, this is an enjoyable read populated by believable characters