A Knock at the Door
A brain-teasing mystery that grabs you right from the start – and then delivers
A bedraggled woman turns up on Rory Cavenham’s doorstep in the middle of a storm, convinced that the year is 1972, but claiming to have lost her memory.
Despite his own troubled past, Rory is drawn to her; but she’s fearful of authority and frightened of mysterious pursuers, and insists on keeping a low profile as she adjusts to modern life.
Determined to help her, Rory finds links to two strong but compromised women, but the truth behind their interlocking stories remains elusive. Meanwhile, the pursuers turn out to be all too real, and the pace builds as the story lunges towards its remarkable and redemptive climax.
Fast-moving and engrossing, A Knock at the Door defies easy categorisation. It is part mystery thriller, part detective story, and part romance. It even hovers on the edge of science fiction, though it always keeps both feet firmly on the ground.
One beta reader reports “snatching at the pages” to find an explanation for the brain-teasing paradox at the heart of the novel: who is the woman, and how can she be the person she appears to be?
Readers who have enjoyed Peter Rowlands’ popular Mike Stanhope mysteries will be fascinated by this complex and intriguing tale. Like them, it is distinguished by vibrant characters and sparkling dialogue, but it also introduces some beguiling new ingredients that add extra edge to the mix.
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About the Author
Peter Rowlands was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but has lived nearly all his adult life in London. He refined his writing skills editing and contributing to UK business magazines covering logistics, transportation and home delivery, and used that experience when he embarked on his first published novel, the mystery drama Alternative Outcome, in 2015. This takes as one of its themes the process of self-publishing, becoming partially a mirror on itself. Peter is an avid reader of mystery dramas and thrillers, and always planned to write books that distilled what he considers the most appealing aspects of such works: vivid characters, naturalistic dialogue, plenty of pace, and intricate but coherent plots.