The Beach House
By Beverley Jones
[Blog Tour]

Print Length (paperback): 272 pages
Publisher: Constable
Publication Date: 21 April 2022

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis

The beach house was perfect place to hide. Or so she thought . . . 

When Grace Jensen returns to her home one day, she finds a body in a pool of blood and a menacing gift left for her.

The community of Lookout Beach is shocked by such a brutal intrusion in their close-knit neighbourhood - particularly to a family as successful and well-liked as the Jensens - and a police investigation to find the trespasser begins. But Grace knows who's after her. She might have changed her name and moved across the world, deciding to hide on the Oregon coast, but she's been waiting seventeen years for what happened in the small Welsh town where she grew up to catch-up with her.

Grace might seem like the model neighbour and mother, but nobody in Lookout Beach - not even her devoted husband Elias - knows the real her. Or how much blood is on her hands.

My Review

The Beach House jumps straight into a mysterious start when Grace finds a bloodied body in her house. Grace appears to be in shock but what the police fail to realise is that this isn't the first time that things have gotten bloody in the presence of Grace. The book flips from the present time when Grace is living in Lookout Beach in Oregon to Grace's childhood in South Wales, where in another life Grace spent her childhood sharing the local legends with her friends. Beverley does a fantastic job weaving the past and the present into one storyline, keeping you constantly on your toes wondering what secrets Grace has hidden away.

Growing up Grace had a small group of friends who would often pass the time sharing the local welsh legends, but when a new girl appears on the scene, things take a drastic turn and Grace's world is thrown upside down.

Grace hides away from her past by running to Lookout Beach in Oregon, where she manages to create herself in the image she wishes, but the secrets refuse to stay hidden and someone is desperate to make Grace confront her past.

I absolutely loved reading about Grace's childhood, Beverley does a wonderful job describing the perfect Welsh scenery and local legends that I grew up loving myself. It was really refreshing to read a book that really puts Wales in the spotlight and Wales is incredibly lucky to have an author like Beverley Jones to represent them.

This book is the perfect nail-biting suspense novel which every mystery lover will find unputdownable.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Karen who gifted me a copy of The Beach House in return of an honest review for the blog tour.

Karen is a book blogger from Wales and is an ambassador for Welsh authors. Find Karen on Twitter at @bookertalk or visit Karen's blog at www.bookertalk.com

Don't forget to check out the upcoming reviews from the following bloggers.

About The Author

Beverley Jones (B E Jones) is a former journalist and police press officer. She was born in a small village in the valleys of South Wales and worked as a print journalist with Trinity Mirror newspapers, before becoming a broadcast journalist with BBC Wales Today.

She also worked as a press officer and media manager for South Wales Police, participating in criminal investigations, security operations, counter terrorism and emergency planning. She channels these experiences of true crime, and her insight into the murkier side of human nature, into her dark, psychological thrillers.

Her most recent novels, Where She Went, Halfway and Wilderness are published by Little Brown. Wilderness has recently been optioned by Firebird Pictures for development into a six-part TV series by Amazon Prime, due to air in 2023. 

You can follow Bev on Twitter and Instagram @bevjoneswriting