The Gate House [Paperback]

Kathleen Heady (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 2009

It's not just the cold and damp clime of the English midlands that is keeping Caribbean beauty Nara Blake awake at night. Her father is dying at her aunt's bed and breakfast at the historic Gate House in Springfield, Lincolnshire--and the man she hoped to marry is suddenly avoiding her. An attempted break-in during the middle of the night and a mysterious key lead Nara on a dangerous quest to unlock the many secrets of the seemingly quaint old Gate House: hidden rooms and stairways that aren't on the blueprints... nosy guests who seem overly interested in the history of the Gate House... dusty crates and boxes left behind after the former owner's sudden death. Soon, the small English town where nothing ever happens is besieged with burglaries and a murder--and Nara and her family quickly fall under suspicion. Can Nara trust police liaison Alex Collier to help solve the mystery and clear her family of wrongdoing--or will he help build the case against them?

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Virtual Tales (September 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935460005
• ISBN-13: 978-1935460008
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,186,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathleen Heady grew up telling stories - to pass the time, or just to exercise her imagination. The idea for The Gate House came to her while she and her husband were traveling in England a few years ago. They spent a few nights in a bed and breakfast in Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands. The building had originally been a railroad gate house back in the nineteenth century. Kathleen's imagination began to work overtime. Could there be a hidden room? What secrets could a building like this hold? They visited the city of Lincoln and its great medieval cathedral, where they were treated to a roof tour, where they were able to walk on catwalks that pass between the high vaulting of the ceiling and the roof itself. Between the cathedral and the gate house bed and breakfast, she had a story. All she had to do was flesh out the characters and write.
Kathleen spent her childhood on a farm in southern Illinois, where she was fortunate to have parents who encouraged her to study, travel and learn about the world. Besides rural Illinois, she has lived in Chicago, Costa Rica, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania. She loves to travel, and is currently working on a novel set in Costa Rica and Italy, as well as developing a sequel to The Gate House.
Kathleen has spent most of her professional life as a high school teacher, teaching English, Spanish and social studies. She shares her home with a husband and two cats, Tang and Puchica. She has a daughter, two sons, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law and a grandson who are all really cool people.