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The Ward Witch
- Unholy Island, Book 1
- Narrated by: Katie Villa
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
Mysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly. Welcome to Unholy Island.
Esme Gray runs the guest house and tends to the ethereal wards that protect the island. She’s sheltering from a terrible past and will do anything to stay safely hidden.
Luke Taylor has been searching for his missing twin for months, but has begun to believe that his brother might be dead. With his hope in tatters, a tip off leads him to a remote tidal island in the North Sea. It’s further out than the famous Holy Island, and far stranger.
Visitors shouldn’t be able to stay for more than two nights, so when Luke breaks this rule, the close-knit community is sent into turmoil. The residents of Unholy Island have secrets and they intend to keep them.
When Luke stumbles across one of the islanders dead on the shore, he finds himself under suspicion, made worse by his own troubles washing up on the tide.
Esme is drawn to Luke, but she doesn’t trust her own instincts. That’s not ideal for a witch—especially when there is a killer on the loose and a storm is rolling in....
The Ward Witch is the first book in a brand new contemporary fantasy series from the best-selling author of magical fiction, Sarah Painter.
*The Ward Witch is set in the same world as the urban fantasy mystery books, Crow Investigations, but it is the start of a separate series and can be enjoyed independently.
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- J G.
- 08-11-23
A very different pace from the Crow series
I recognise that this book was establishing a new landscape and characters. However, I found it poorly paced. I’m not entirely clear why it was called the Ward Witch. It was told from at least one other perspective.
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- Rachelle G.
- 06-01-24
Great story
I love Sarah Painters books. The way they are normal world with a bit of mysticism!
I’m looking forward to more of them.
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- leigh bethune
- 16-03-24
Great introduction to the series
I think this is the start of another great series by Sarah Painter and I can’t wait for the rest of the books
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- Aly J
- 21-09-23
Hard to put down!
I really enjoyed this, little links to The Crow Investigation books made me smile as well. Looking forward to the next one!
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- Gail Ellis
- 19-04-24
Another wonderful story with interesting characters!
Finished the Crow series, loved this new series and first book too and looking forward to Book 2 in the series coming out on audible! Such good listening, thank you.
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- val thorpe
- 09-03-24
easy enjoyable listening
Good storyline. like the links to previous Lydia crowd books, but in an entirely separate story. romps along with interesting characters and twists and turns to keep you listening.
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- K. West
- 25-02-24
East fun listen
Easy fun listen for a wet Sunday in February. I’ll be getting the next book when it comes out
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- Kate Cowie
- 06-04-24
Wonderfully absorbing
My first book of Sarah Painters, and can’t wait for the audio of the Book Keeper to come out (fingers crossed it does, with same narrator too).
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- The Curator
- 17-02-24
Modern magic and tourism
Island of magical types with a murder thrown in. It was good but not great. I can’t quite put my finger on why but it’s probably worth a read.
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- Nicola Thurlow
- 09-02-24
Fabulous
I loved the nods back to the crow series. Can't wait for the next one.
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