All the characters have questionable traits which raise suspicions but yet they all appear to gel and know their place in the hierarchy. The Lingering is a mystery that drip feeds the reader as you try to figure out what’s real and what lies beneath the surface. But underneath the surface something is happening, something is not right. Angela is determined to unearth the secrets in the darkest of corners and she thinks she may have a friend in Ali.Īs the weeks pass, life moves on for all the residents and Rosalind House appears calm.

She is convinced that the troubled existence of the previous residents has left an aura, a shadow, a sense of something dark between the walls and corridors of Rosalind House. Having lived in the nearby village for sometime before moving in with the commune, Angela very much believes in the presence of those who have gone before. When Ali and Jack meet up with the other residents there is an immediate, yet unexplained, change in the atmosphere.Īngela has been staying at Rosalind House for awhile now and is searching for her own truth. They survive in a self-sufficient bubble where communication with the outside world, while not forbidden, is certainly not encouraged. The local village was originally associated with witches leaving it’s residents still affected by the traumatic events of their past.įor the current residents of Rosalind House, it is a place of sweet refuge. The English Fens is the setting, with Rosalind House a place that holds a very interesting and quite disconcerting history, having once been the home of a psychiatric hospital. Rosalind House is home to a commune, a place of refuge for folk, who for various reasons, all want to leave the hardships of their lives behind them. Both arrive, exhausted, looking to start afresh and leaving the hectic and chaotic world of city life behind. Ali worked as a nurse in a very busy hospital. Jack worked for the police department in the very distressing unit of child protection. Jack and Ali Gardiner arrive at Rosalind House running away from the life they have known.

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