Possession Point

The Abandonment of Hannah Armstrong #2

by Elizabeth George

The Whidbey Island saga confirms Elizabeth George’s place as a top-notch writer of suspense novels.
—Overdrive

A mysterious girl who won’t speak; a coal black seal named Nera that returns to the same place very year; a bitter feud of unknown origin—strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca King, is drawn into the maelstrom of events.

But Becca, first met in Saratoga Woods, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, can’t be allowed to know her whereabouts.

As secrets of past and present are revealed, Becca becomes aware of her growing paranormal powers, and events build to a shocking climax anticipated by no one.

Elizabeth George, bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley crime novels, brings her elegant style, intricate plotting, incisive characterization, and top-notch storytelling to her first book for teens.

The Inspector Lynley series will be coming to Britbox in 2025!

390 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2024

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Susan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain. Eleven of her novels, featuring her character Inspector Lynley, have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

She was born in Warren, Ohio, but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. She was a student of English, receiving a teaching certificate. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed an advanced degree in psychology.

Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance in 1988, featuring Thomas Lynley, Lord Asherton, a Scotland Yard inspector of noble birth; Barbara Havers, Lynley's assistant, from a very working-class background; Lady Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend and later wife, of noble birth as well; and Lynley's friends Simon and Deborah St. James.

This Elizabeth George is distinct from the other author named Elizabeth George (Christian author).

Series:
* Inspector Lynley

Reviews

[Deanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have always been a huge fan of Elizabeth George and had been looking forward to her next offering. So, I was delighted to see her five-book series on the Abandonment of Hannah Armstrong show up on Amazon. I was able to get through the first book, although it was something of a struggle, since it was not what I had been expecting. I then moved on to book two of the series in the hopes that things would improve along the way. Sadly, they did not.

These books should be promoted as part of the coming of age genre with some fantasy thrown in for good measure. Referring to them as “suspense novels” is extremely misleading. They are all about teenage angst, magical thinking and pure, unmitigated fantasy. Rather than her usual and wonderful detective fiction, these books offer something along the lines of Harry Potter. If you loved Harry Potter, then this series is for you.

For me, however, these books were a major disappointment.

[Mary E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hannah

I've been waiting for this follow-up book ever since the first Whidbey island came out.I love these people and their complex selves. I won't want it to be finished when it is!