Join us at Mildenhall Library for a talk with local author Lisa Askham! Lisa will be talking to us about her 2024 debut crime thriller Thaw, set in Suffolk, and its recently-published sequel, Yellow Son. Both Thaw și Yellow Son are available to borrow from the library catalogue.

Free to attend – come along from 14:00. For more information, speak with a member of staff or contact Mildenhall Library on 01638 597292.

Lisa Askham was born in Bury St. Edmunds and has lived in Suffolk all of her life. Inspired by the landscape, a love of nature and a curiosity about abandoned airfields in this area Thaw is her first novel which she has self-published. Lisa has always been extremely creative with a vivid imagination. She has written most of her life even from a very early age when a talent for story telling was sparked off when her mother suggested she make up stories to tell a favourite teddy when she could not get to sleep as a child. Lisa lives with her husband, two cats and two horses and writes at every opportunity.

Despre Thaw:
The disappearance of a small boy many years ago when the small Suffolk village still housed a Thor missile site during the cold war intrigues Marelle Buckleigh when she moves into a house which she has jointly inherited with her brother. Naturally inquisitive, she follows the story and finds herself drawn to Jacob, a sad, reclusive character who lives in a caravan on the abandoned airfield that the house adjoins. Is he just that strange and volatile character the villagers say he is or is there more to him?

As she nurtures their friendship, she discovers he has a connection to the missing child which he has kept a secret for most of his life. Immersed in her growing affection for him, Marelle finds her life becoming entwined with his and the many unexpected complications this brings. Despite mounting condemnation and accusations from the locals when a discovery is unearthed, Marelle allies herself with Jacob and sets herself on a path she has to walk alone. Will she achieve her ultimate goal? Will the truth ever be known and will Jacob finally free himself from his past?

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