The Night Visitor - Lucy Atkins
Who would have thought that the publishing industry could potentially be a hotbed of intrigue? And even more unlikely in the case of the publication of a popular history book written by a celebrity historian and TV presenter? In the case of The Night Visitor you might expect that the suspense revolves around the uncovering of an old diary that confesses to a Victorian murder at a stately manor, but no, this is just the starting point of Lucy Atkins' thriller. The real trouble for TV historian Olivia Sweetman would appear to be around her choice of research assistant. No, it doesn't sound like a promising premise for a suspense thriller, and indeed for the larger part of The Night Visitor there's nothing much of a 'crime' or 'thriller' element to go on other that people behaving a little bit odd. There's certainly something not right about Vivian Tester, and yet, it's Vivian's discovery of the diary of Lady Annabel Burley in a Sussex manor that ...