When Sophie Carter, a driven pastry chef at a Michelin-starred London restaurant, is plunged into a nightmare after a mysterious assault at a remote villa, her professional life and fragile personal world begin to unravel. Shadows Over Midwinter charts Sophie’s fight to reclaim control as sleep, memory and safety slip away. Alternating between high-pressure kitchen life and chilling incidents that hint at something darker, this tense psychological thriller explores trauma, resilience and the cost of holding onto secrets. Full of evocative atmosphere, sharp culinary detail, and mounting suspense, Marlowe Quinn Steele delivers a character-driven tale that keeps readers guessing about who — or what — lurks in the darkness and what it will take for Sophie to survive and find the truth.
When Sophie Carter, a driven pastry chef at a Michelin-starred London restaurant, is plunged into a nightmare after a mysterious assault at a remote villa, her professional life and fragile personal world begin to unravel. Shadows Over Midwinter charts Sophie’s fight to reclaim control as sleep, ...