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The Girl in the Painting
"Seline is excited to be starting a new chapter. She has moved away from home to begin her first job--as school art teacher in a quaint Yorkshire village. Life gets even better when she meets the wild and untamed Robbie, with whom she starts a relationship. Robbie is unpredictable and impulsive and Seline loves the excitement he injects into her well-ordered days. But Robbie soon reveals a dark side. He becomes more and more domineering and Seline finds herself trapped with a man who needs to control her every waking moment. Her only escape is through her artwork. But even there, in the shadowy corners of her own paintings, lurks a disturbing truth she cannot decipher. Desperate to escape from Robbie, Seline turns to an old family friend, Michael, for help. But Michael has secrets of his own, secrets that entwine with Seline's past in shocking and sinister ways..."--Provided by publisher.
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Keeley W.
Aug 15, 2026
This is the second book I've read by Caleb Crowe, although this was his first. Crowe does an awesome job of building atmosphere from his descriptions of the town's buildings and inhabitants. Every character seems to have an agenda or secrets they want to keep buried.
You immediately feel connected to and empathise with the main character, Seline, a recently qualified 23-year-old teacher, as she embarks on her first teaching position as head of the art department in a local school within the new village she's moved to. From the start, you feel her trepidation and loneliness.
This is such a flawlessly crafted story, with each tiny clue slowly building, hinting at the secrets to come. It's a journey of discovery for Seline, and as a reader, you take every scary, tentative step with her. The ending is perfection!
Please also check out The Wrong Neighbour by the same author. By his own description, he writes about extraordinary things happening to ordinary people. I'm here for it and look forward to his next release.
You immediately feel connected to and empathise with the main character, Seline, a recently qualified 23-year-old teacher, as she embarks on her first teaching position as head of the art department in a local school within the new village she's moved to. From the start, you feel her trepidation and loneliness.
This is such a flawlessly crafted story, with each tiny clue slowly building, hinting at the secrets to come. It's a journey of discovery for Seline, and as a reader, you take every scary, tentative step with her. The ending is perfection!
Please also check out The Wrong Neighbour by the same author. By his own description, he writes about extraordinary things happening to ordinary people. I'm here for it and look forward to his next release.