A Vanished Hand

What do you do when the ghost of a serial killer taps you on the shoulder and follows you home? Haunted and accused of her secretary’s murder, Kate turns to her glamorous, psychic friend Jane and the mysterious witch Diana. Can they uncover the identity of the nineteenth century serial killer so that celestial justice may take its course? Snow is falling on the ancient walls of Kate’s home town; darkness descends and time is running out…

Born and raised in County Durham in the Northeast of England, Karen emigrated to New Zealand at 16 and went to school and university there, before taking a job teaching History and English in a remote school in Central Otago. Karen returned to England to study for a Master’s degree at Newcastle University. She taught in comprehensive schools in the Northeast until she took early retirement to travel with her husband and to lecture on cruise ships. She has one daughter, Katy, and a grandson, Jack.