The Evil Seed - Joanne Harris

Plot: Alice is a painter still smarting from a painful break-up with her long-term boyfriend, Joe. When Joe appears with a new girlfriend, Ginny, in tow, wanting a place for her to stay, however, it is a mixture of left-over affection, concern, and morbid curiosity that drives Alice to agree to put Ginny up for a few nights. Aware of this, Alice does her best to keep her suspicions about Ginny at bay, despite the growing evidence that Ginny is not the innocent almost-child Joe thinks she is. When she finds Daniel Holmes' dairy hidden in Ginny's room, however, she can no longer ignore that Ginny is dangerous - and her latest victim is looking like being ...  Read the complete review

This is another book that I got from Bookcrossing.com, and it was in a bookring. This means I have received it free. But, when I've got the money, I shall be off to Waterstones or someplace else, where I will buy this book, as it made that sort of impression on me! I had never ever heard of Joanne Harris. But I had noticed this book in the shops and I've been uming and aring ever since I saw it. I just wished that I had bought it then, rather than waiting, but anyhow. This was the first novel that Joanne Harris had released and she had written many other books before hand but none were getting published. Joanne Harris, finally ended up finding a publisher with ...  Read the complete review

I picked this out when I was choosing my Christmas presents, mistakenly believing it to be a new Joanne Harris novel. In fact, this was her first book and for me, it reads quite unlike others such as Holy Fools, Coastliners or Five Quarters of The Orange. Written in 1989, it was republished late in 2008 after nearly 20 years. Alice Farrell is a former Cambridge student, still living in the city with her cats and making a living as a painter. A painful split from her former boyfriend Joe has left her feeling alone and you can sense that life has stood still while other generations of students move past. When she unexpectedly receives a phone call asking her to ...  Read the complete review