The Unmaking of Ellie Rook

Author: Ireland, Sandra

Crime & mystery

Published on 11 July 2019 by Birlinn General (Birlinn Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 208 pages
193 x 147 x 17 | 214g

A single phone call from halfway across the world is all it takes to bring her home . . . Ellie, something bad has happened.Desperate to escape her kid from the scrapyard reputation, Ellie Rook has forged a new life for herself abroad, but tragedy strikes when her mother, Imelda, falls from a notorious waterfall.

Here, according to local legend, the warrior queen Finella jumped to her death after killing a king. In the wake of her mothers disappearance, Ellie is forced to confront some disturbing truths about the family she left behind and the woman she has become.

Can a long-dead queen hold the key to Ellies survival? And how far will she go to right a wrong?Featured on the Guardians NOT THE BOOKER LONGLIST, 2019 (https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/not-the-booker-prize)