Book Review: Dark Tides by Chris Ewan. If you don’t know what Hop - Tu- Naa is then now’s your chance to find out.. Read on

I was hooked by Chris Ewan’s Safe House, I loved Dead Line and now, in my eyes, he's scored a hat trick because I was totally enthralled by Dark Tides from start to finish.  There are few male authors who would dare to write with a woman's voice and fewer who could do it as well as Chris Ewan has done in Dark Tides. 

Isle of Man

In a welcome return to his 
Safe House setting (The Isle Of Man,  Ewan engulfs us with all things Manx, from Hop-Tu- Naa (Manx Halloween tradition, similar in some ways to the Scottish tradition of Guising) to wonderful descriptions of the Isle's sometimes stark and harsh, often isolated and always stunning landscapes.

What I love most about his writing is his versatility.  Safe House had romance with some really funny bits, Dead Line was edge- of -your -seat- fast -paced -adrenalin packed and Dark Tides is tense, brooding and atmospheric...  All of them are brilliantly written and totally absorbing.  I can’t wait for his next book already and I only finished Dark Tides last night.

Author Chris Ewan on Isle Of Man

Tumshie Lanterns Celtic Trad

 When  eight year old  Claire Cooper's mother disappears without trace on The Isle of Man on Hop - Tu- Naa night it profoundly shapes the child's entire being as she struggles to come to terms with her mother's disappearance. Depressed and isolated she develops her own theory behind the disappearance … one that ultimately affects not only her own future but that of her friend's too in a way that reverberates over the years until the climax on Hop - Tu Naa night when she is an adult.

This book was a really great read with a gripping storyine and enough twists and turns to have a tap dancer in a tizz.