When Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbours garden. But the pond is empty, and no-one is answering the door.
Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Besides, the fact that a local child has gone missing must be preying on her mind. Then, a week later, she hears the sound of a man crying through her bedroom wall.
The man living next door, Sam, has recently moved in. His wife and children are away for the summer and he joins them at weekends. Sylvia finds him friendly and helpful, yet she becomes increasingly uneasy about him.
Then Sylvias little daughter wakes one night, screaming that theres a man in her room. This is followed by a series of bizarre disturbances in the house.
Sylvias husband insists its all in her mind, but she is certain its not -theres something very wrong on the other side of the wall.
About the Author
The Other Side of the Wall is the debut novel by Andrea Mara, a Dublin based freelance writer and award-winning blogger (OfficeMum.ie).
Andrea worked for 17 years in Dublin s IFSC before moving into freelance writing now she writes lifestyle features for Irish newspapers, magazines, and websites. She s won a number of best parenting blog awards for OfficeMum.ie, where she writes about the everyday chaos of bringing up her three young children.
Her first novel was partly inspired by the very regular night-time waking of her youngest child, though she s quick to clarify - unlike her main character she never saw a body in the garden next door.
