Beneathwood

by Wendy Unsworth

A Cornish house, nothing more; slate and granite, tile and wood. When Olivia Benson hears that her father has unexpectedly inherited Beneathwood she urges him to sell and be rid of it. She has never liked the dark and rambling old house and she has some good reasons... ... amongst them, the terrible sight of Auntie Edith, lying on the floor, smouldering. But Olivia's father has no such qualms. New retiree, Gordon Carroll, is eager to take up the challenge of renovation and, as he brings Beneathwood back to life, he begins to see the house not only as an asset but as home. Beryl Carroll loves Beneathwood too... at least, she thinks she does. But when a box appears, seemingly out of nowhere, stuffed with remnants from her past, she begins to wonder if it is only she and her husband who have moved in.

293 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2016

About the author

Wendy Unsworth was born and raised in Lincolnshire, England. Her passions are her family, travel, beautiful gardens and reading and writing stories. Wendy lived in Ndola, Zambia and Nairobi, Kenya throughout the 1980's and early '90's before returning to the U.K. to acclimatise back to the English weather in a draughty Cornish cottage close to Bodmin Moor!
Never one to stay still for long, Wendy currently divides her time between Edinburgh and the wilds of Portugal, places she loves, and where she can be close to loved ones.
The African continent has left a lasting impression; Wendy's first novel, The Palaver Tree, is set in a fictional Central African country and the fictional Cornish village of Berriwood, from which the series gets its name. Beneathwood, is the second book in the Berriwood Series, re-introducing cameo characters from The Palaver Tree and telling their own individual story. Her latest book, Dirty Work, proves without a doubt that the quiet, English countryside can be a dangerous place to live! Whilst focusing on the inhabitants of the fictional village of Berriwood, each story can be read as a standalone.