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The After-Death of Caroline Rand
By Catherine Cavendish


● Genre – Fiction > Dark Fantasy > Horror
● ISBN paperback – 9781787587380
● ISBN ebook – 9781787587410
● Pricing [USD] / $16.95 (PB) / $4.99 (EB)
● Releases July 11 2023
● Published by Flame Tree Press
● Distributed by Simon & Schuster

SYNOPSIS

A chilling, dark fantasy, in the slipstream of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
At a weekend house-party at ancient Canonbury Manor, Alli is caught between fantasy and reality, past and present, in the life of Caroline Rand, a famous singer from the late Sixties, who reportedly killed herself in that house. Alli soon learns that evil infests the once-holy building. A sinister cabal controls it, as it has for centuries. Before long, her fate will be sealed, and she will learn about her role in the after-death of Caroline Rand.
It begins with a chilling greeting: “Welcome to The Columbine, Miss Sinclair. You are expected.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Following a varied career in sales, advertising and career guidance, CATHERINE CAVENDISH is now the full-time author of a number of paranormal, ghostly and Gothic horror novels and novellas. She lives with her long-suffering husband and black cat in a 260 year old haunted apartment in North Wales. Website: https://www.catherinecavendish.com/

FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at http://www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
PUBLICITY CONTACT Sarah Miniaci / pr@flametreepublishing.com / +1 917 725 5102 (US)

My thoughts

Social media can be a good thing but also a bad thing. It can put you back in contact with old friends and family but can also be a place were you could fear for your safety and it can be as toxic a place as anywhere.

This book started off with a social media style of gathering and it really intrigued me as would this turn out to be good interaction or bad.

I really enjoy the music that they are talking about as I grew up listening to what we called oldies which is the music from my parents generation which happens to be the 60s and 70s music. I love the atmosphere that the author portrays in this book especially that of the painting of Caroline Rand.

The mansion has the feel of an old time as Adams Family creeptacular feel. It is great since it makes my skin crawl which I do love.

There is humour in this book and while it’s not a very funny book but it does have some of the humour that I like throughout the book. It is nice to see it isn’t fully serious because those can be very hard to get through at times.

The story is very weird but again that is me all the way. I love the weird and twisted stories and this ticks the weird box and I feel like I am tripping out.

I am loving the parts that deal with the past in the 60s. Having not been born at that point it was like seeing another time and being immersed in the music scene.

Billed as a fantasy/horror book I can see this very easily. The fantasy aspects are more urban style and are fairly minor with almost like a dreamscape mindset for the magic.

The horror aspect also is fairly minor for me even though I do get chills it seems like this is more about the story of who is who in this wonderful mesh and what happened.

Definitely this is my style of read as it just resonated with me. The weird and quirky style of writing as well as the tinges of fantasy and horror just makes everything go together seemlessly.

The book is very strong and definitely is a strong contender for book of the year. It also has made me want more by this author as she has such a great ability to make her concepts come to life.