The String Diaries

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Present Day: Cadair Idris, Snowdonia. Hannah Wilde flees to Llyn Gwyr, a remote mountain farmhouse, her husband bleeding to death on the passenger seat beside her. In the back of the car sits their seven year old daughter. Hannah's father is missing. Her mother is already dead. Mysterious strangers are converging on the mountain. And Hannah must decide who to trust - and who to sacrifice - if she's to defeat the predator who has stalked five generations of her family. 1979: Balliol College, Oxford. Charles Meredith, a brilliant, obsessive professor, clashes with a beautiful French woman in Balliol's library. When the woman disappears, and her identity is exposed as a sham, Charles is dragged into a terrifying pursuit. 1873: Godollo, Hungary. Lukas Balazs prepares for his vegzet night, the celebration that symbolises his entry into adulthood. But the festivities are about to go horribly wrong, and only Lukas knows why. A centuries-old secret is about to unravel... Jakab is coming.

Stephen Jones studied at Royal Holloway College, University of London and is the director of a major London media agency. THE STRING DIARIES is his first novel. He is planning a sequel.

So gripping you'll want to read late into the night; so terrifying you shouldn't - Simon Mayo, the Radio 2 Book Club Original, richly imagined and powerfully told - Guardian Will keep you awake late into the night - SFX So gripping you'll want to read late into the night; so terrifying you shouldn't - Simon Mayo, the Radio 2 Book Club Original, richly imagined and powerfully told - Guardian Will keep you awake late into the night - SFX