PAINS HILL

<p>This psychological thriller set in both the eighteenth century and the1990s is a fictional account of real-life Painshill Park a romantic landscape garden in Surrey England which was a film location for the first season of Bridgerton the Netflix TV series. The novel explores the extraordinary and ill-fated ambition of the garden's creator Charles Hamilton and imagines the mysterious life and death of his young first wife who has vanished without trace from all historical records.</p><p><br></p><p>Obsession takes many forms. In the eighteenth century Charles Hamilton a frustrated artist is determined to create a revolutionary landscape garden even though he has neither the land nor money to achieve his great dream. In the 1990s Jane Brennan a young history researcher becomes obsessed by the mystery surrounding the life and death of Hamilton's young first wife yet unknown to Jane her own life is threatened by a different obsession from her past.</p><p><br></p><p>Charles Hamilton transformed poor scrubland into a dazzling three-dimensional work of art including a man-made lake islands follies a magical crystal grotto and a successful vineyard but at what personal cost? </p><p><br></p><p>Two murders a garden of tricks and fantasy that echo across the centuries can the young history researcher uncover the truth before she too becomes a victim?</p><p><br></p><p>A gripping thriller but also a book that reveals the passions and cultural inspiration that created England's great landscape gardens.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>