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Don't Look Back: A haunting mystery perfect for the long, dark nights (Fenton House Book 1) by [Ben Cheetham]

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Adam’s eyes swelled in horror at the sight that confronted him. Henry was standing with his back against the front door, pale and rigid, his left hand pressed to his neck. Blood was seeping between his fingers, running down his wrist and dripping from his elbow onto the back of Jacob’s head. Jacob was facedown on the tiled floor, arms outstretched to either side with blood pooling around his wrists. There was a faintly metallic butcher’s shop smell in the air...

After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. There’s just one catch – the house is supposedly haunted.

Mystery has always swirled around Fenton House. In 1920 the house’s original owner, reclusive industrialist Walter Lewarne, hanged himself from its highest turret. In 1996, the then inhabitants, George Trehearne, his wife Sofia and their young daughter Heloise disappeared without a trace. Neither mystery was ever solved.

Adam is not the type to believe in ghosts. As far as he’s concerned, ghosts are simply memories. Everywhere he looks in their cramped London home he sees his dead son. Despite misgivings, the chance to start afresh is too tempting to pass up. Adam, Ella and their surviving son Henry move into Fenton House. At first, the change of scenery gives them all a new lease of life. But as the house starts to reveal its secrets, they come to suspect that they may not be alone after all…

What Amazon and Goodreads readers are saying about Ben Cheetham’s books

'I love love loved this book! Had me gripped right from the start and just had to keep reading it!'

'A dark and twisting narrative that will keep you turning the pages. Ben Cheetham's characters, though sometimes tainted or, indeed, pure evil, are completely believable.'

'The only trouble with this book is that sleep and work got in the way.'

'I loved this book and continue to think about the characters after I finished.'

'Brilliantly written and had me totally captivated. Didn't want to stop reading as I felt myself getting pulled into the drama and wanting to find out what happened next.'

'Wow! I loved this book. The suspense kept me on the edge of my chair!'

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3 December 2018
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Ben Cheetham's crime thriller and suspense novels.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1456 KB
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Ben Cheetham is an award-winning writer and Pushcart Prize nominee. His writing spans the genres, but he has a passion for dark, gritty crime fiction. His short stories have been widely published in the UK, US and Australia. His novels are published by Head Of Zeus and Thomas & Mercer.

Ben lives in Sheffield, UK, where - when he's not chasing around after his son - he spends most of his time locked away in his study racking his brain for the next paragraph, the next sentence, the next word.

If you want to learn more about him, or get in touch, you can look him up at:

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A New Author with an Incredible Talent

Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2019

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Totally new author to me. What a great find! Always on the look out for new talent and this is what this is. Just paid $11 for another well known author's work and it wasn't a patch on this book. Really well written a great plot that had me guessing until the end and a little twist too.
No hesitation in recommending this book.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 September 2019

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I enjoyed this book and finished it in a couple of days. The plot was clever but a bit messy at times, and I wish the ending had been better. I'd read more from this author.

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2020

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I enjoyed the book from start to finishing has a clear storyline good bed time reading ,stress release after a long day.

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Katrina Smith

Thrilling held me there.

Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2020

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I thoroughly enjoyed turning every page of this book that held me there it had quite a few twists lots of suspense

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Kerry Ainsworth

An absolute page turner...

Reviewed in Australia on 30 March 2019

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This book had me from page one until the end and then some! Can't wait to read more from this author.

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Jeannette Australia

Enjoyable folklore thriller

Reviewed in Australia on 31 July 2019

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An enjoyable easy read with lots of folklore

Reviewed in Australia on 6 January 2021

Not my usual genre but the author told a good story very well. The author used the bare bones of character development and the reader fills in the blanks.

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fiona kew

A fantastic read

Reviewed in Australia on 18 February 2021

5 stars. Would give it more if I could. Gripped me from the start. Read in 2 days as couldn't put it down. Ben Cheetham created a enthralling tale that kept me captivated till the end.

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nicki

Give it a go

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2018

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So I usually stick to the same authors, knowing what sort of books I like. So I though, try someone different. I by God I'm so glad I did. Great storyline, all surrounded by ,the house, some very tense twist and turns, the story captures your imagination. Some great wording, expressions ,and lovely writing. So Ben Chretien congratulations, you've won me over, Looking forward to reading more

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Arthur

You're in for a treat.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2019

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Being a big fan of stories with a supernatural atmosphere, I was drawn to try this one. After satisfying myself that it wasn't one of the many cheap and sensational efforts that crowd the market, I settled down one afternoon and finished it off by early morning. That to me represents a good read.
Ben's writing held me rivetted. The pace is steady, builds up very nicely, with enough scary moments and unpleasant situations to strike home without becoming just plain nasty. Add to that a final twist I couldn't have foreseen...
Thanks for a real entertaining day.

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WanderingMinstrel

Very familiar plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2020

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Bland London family suffer the traumatic loss of their son and decide the best way to get over the trauma is to follow the Londoners cliche dream and move to a notoriously haunted mansion in Cornwall, cue descriptions of quaint Cornish fishing village with brightly coloured boats bobbing on the sea. Already I was getting flashbacks to James Herberts Secret of Crickley hall which continued throughout.
The bland family have a lot of bland, pointless sex and make so many bad decisions I was dizzy from the number of eye rolls. Who sends their 11 year old son out on his first day at school in the local village and thinks it’s a good idea not to tell him his house is famously haunted? Of course none of the other kids will delight in telling him will they? And they still carry him up to bed like he is six. They shop for food, eat and that’s about as interesting as they get.
There were enough good ideas to keep me reading to the end, but even the ending felt rushed and incomplete, like the author just vomited the answers onto the last five pages. There was no order and even less sense. I half expected the last line to read “and then I woke up and it was all a dream.”
Ok as a throwaway book for lockdown but could have been so much better.

26 people found this helpful

Jilly

More than a ghost story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2018

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The title appeared in my favourite genre. I didn't know the author but I thought I'd give it a go. Glad I did. There was plenty of twists and turns which kept me reading ... one more chapter, then just one more. You know how it is when you get into a good book. I thought Ben portrayed how terrible grief can lead people to make decisions that they would otherwise never even consider in order to help 'mend' their souls. So when the truth of their decision is finally realised are the family able to undo in their minds what happened! Perhaps! The ending to this story also left me thinking. How I read it is, that one of the family at least is not the same anymore or ... maybe that person has, always been the the same! Will definitely be reading more of Bens' books now.

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StreetwiseTucsonSmart

Where’s the spooky?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2020

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This book is dull, and decidedly not spooky. I saw all the positive reviews for this title and was suckered in...yet the low star reviews are more reflective of my opinion - their is no ‘scare’ to this book, the central family are difficult to engage with, the author tries for suspense but it all seems flat. I wrote a much more flowery review than this but the Amazon review monitors declined to publish it, so here’s my revised review - this book is dull; even purchasing during lockdown, when there was nothing else to do, I still couldn’t finish it. It’s very, very boring.

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