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Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
In "The Hunted Hare", Fay Sampson has given us the first book in her new series. Jenny Davison is in end stage cancer and she desperately wants to revisit the place which drew her and her husband Aidan together. The Davisons take their precocious daughter Melangell to experience the sense of wonder they felt when young and in love. The magical place called Pennant Melangell lies in a mountain valley in North Wales and it has a history of both folklore and Christian symbolism. The family stays in the House of the Hare and when its director Thaddeus Brown soon becomes the center of attention with his unseemly demise, the mystery commences. There are suspects galore, not the least of which are Jenny herself and Brown's niece Lorna.
The reader will be looking for clues in this one. Any number of people have motives to rid themselves of the imposing director and opportunity for dirty deeds seems unending. The characters are beautifully developed in this book. The reader can get into the story with ease, unafraid that one of the lead players will do something out of character. The author's description of "thin places of the Celtic world" aptly recaptures the movement through a world of yesterday not fully understood in today's societies. Celtic history abounds in this novel and it is refreshing and intriguing for the reader. This is one book you'll want to keep in your library and re-read in a few years. Well done, Ms. Sampson!
