Parliament of Rooks

Past and present collide in the home of the Brontë sisters in this engrossing and suspenseful dual-timeline novel.. 1838 – Nine-year-old Harry hates working on the mill floor and flees to the moors above Haworth whenever he can escape the deadly thundering machinery. There he meets Emily Brontë and a lifelong friendship is born. Trouble ensues when Harry marries Martha who finds jealousy a hard demon to exorcise.2016 - Newly divorced Verity is looking forward to her new life running a guest house in Haworth. She soon realises it is haunted – not only by the ghosts of her own past but by those of Haworth. And Haworth’s ghosts are tenacious.As Verity and her new beau William are caught up in Harry and Martha’s battles their own lives hang in the balance in a horrific fight between past and present.———Fans of Bella Ellis Barbara Erskine and Stacey Halls will love this haunting timeslip novel moving between the harsh realities of village life in Emily Brontë’s Haworth and present day.———#21 UK Kindle Store Bestseller. “If you like The Girl at the Window you will definitely love Karen's books!” Rowan Coleman/Bella Ellis Sunday Times bestselling author of The Vanished Bride and Summer of Impossible Things——What readers are saying about Karen Perkins:I love your books! - Rowan Coleman/Bella Ellis Sunday Times bestselling author of The Diabolical Bones and The Girl at the WindowLove your books so much have all on Kindle and paperback - Carole Mortimer USA Today Bestselling Author of over 260 novels.. “Perkins' ability to write excellent historical fiction and modern day drama is itself a talent yet the seamless transition between the two is genuinely astounding” – John Paul Davis international bestselling author of The Templar Agenda and A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners. “Great book!” – Kathleen McGurl author of The Forgotten Gift“Ms Perkins is a true artist of the spoken word” – JJ Toner author of The Black Orchestra“Fantastically creepy ghost story” – Lee Franklin author of Nang Tani