Award-Winning Storytelling from Jane Cable

LEICESTSHIRE, U.K. - Aug. 14, 2013 - PRLog -- Inspired by a framed will found in her dream Yorkshire house, which had been built at the request of the village cheesemaker in 1726, Jane Cable discovered the historical aspect of her novel. Set near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, The Cheesemaker’s House is a page-turner that will have readers hooked instantly.

The novel follows the life of Alice Hart, who escapes to the North Yorkshire countryside to recover after her husband runs off with his secretary. Battling with loneliness but trying to make the best of her new start, she soon meets her neighbours, including handsome builder Richard Wainwright and kind café owner Owen Maltby. As Alice employs Richard to start renovating the barn next to her house, all is not what it seems. Why does she start seeing Owen when he clearly isn’t there? Where – or when – does the strange crying come from? And if Owen is the village ‘charmer’, what exactly does that mean? 

Cable’s characters are shrouded in mystery, particularly Owen, who had been in her head from the summer of 2008. Her father had an interest in folklore and she discovered ‘charmers’ in a book from his extensive library. Around the same time she created Alice through a short piece of fiction which became the original opening of the novel, and the rest of the story simply fell into place.

The Cheesemaker’s House won the Suspense & Crime category of The Alan Titchmarsh Show’s People’s Novelist competition, reaching the last four out of over a thousand entries. Cable has been praised by many for her ability to captivate the reader:

“I desperately want to find out about Owen; a fascinating character... the gift here is to make you want to read on.” – Jeffrey Archer

“I really loved the authorial voice – it really drew me in. But more than that I loved the fact that the initial mystery posed is one that I could not think of a possible solution for, so that really got me hooked.” – Sophie Hannah

Jane Cable has been writing for her own amusement all her life, and today freelances as a cricket writer. She also runs her own chartered accountancy and business advisory company. In 2011, when The Cheesemaker’s House became part of the People’s Novelist competition through The Alan Titchmarsh Show, she began taking her writing hobby more seriously.

PUBLICATION DATE 1st October 2013

eISBN: 9781783069149       Price: £3.99