Harbingers of Fear

by Genevieve Lyons

When Sarah Royd finds the first threatening message in her handbag, she thinks that it must be the work of a religious maniac, but as the messages continue to appear, fantasy and reality blur and intermingle. She is driven at last to a confrontation with the source of her terror.

Genres: Mystery, Crime

214 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 1992

Reviews

[ItzSmashley]

2.75 I struggled with this one at times. A lot of the same repeated scenes and a very slow pace. But the reveal at the end was solid and I did like the main protagonist. A heavily pregnant woman is being stalked by a menacing stranger. When she starts to receive notes threatening her unborn child's safety, she turns to a friend at her pre- natal class. But what are her intentions and will Sarah be safe with her around.

[Lola]

Sarah finds notes of doom of a Biblical nature in her purse & her belongings, not knowing who could have put them there. She's very frightened as the notes become more threatening. Then she notices that someone is watching her. Her husband, Alec believes her at first but then begins to doubt her. Sarah turns to her friend, Mary, and gets the same response, leading to the first argument the two friends have ever had.
Alec goes to see Sarah's obstetrician who thinks that she is doing these things herself but is not aware that she is.
The situation escalates...

[Bionic Jean]

The popular mystery novelist Dorothy Simpson makes quite a good fist of this, her first novel.

[Debbie Maclellan]

Very good good book. Suspenseful to the last few pages.