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Cover of Original Echoes by J J Noad, Book 2 of The Echoes Mysteries

Original Echoes

The Echoes Mysteries — Book 2

 

Frederick Langley is sent to Blackpool for what should be a routine investigation. Then the evidence begins pointing somewhere impossible.

What happened beneath the Winter Gardens in 1962 appears connected to events in 1895 and to something the town has spent decades forgetting.

About the book

Frederick Langley arrives in Blackpool expecting a straightforward assignment. Instead, records conflict, memories become uncertain and each new piece of evidence draws him further from the explanation he was sent to test.

The trail leads back to the Winter Gardens in 1895 and to events the town appears to have forgotten. As Langley follows the connection between 1962 and 1895–96, the boundaries between investigation, memory and history begin to shift.

Someone knows more than they are saying. Langley must decide which evidence can be trusted—and what happens if the past has not stayed where it belongs.

Original Echoes promotional artwork showing Frederick Langley, Blackpool and the Winter Gardens, with the tagline The past was buried. The evidence says otherwise.

What to expect

• Blackpool in 1962 and 1895–96.

• Memory, evidence and competing versions of events.

• Frederick Langley following an investigation across time.

• A mystery that stands on its own and adds to the Echoes story.

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Reviews

“The connection between the events of 1962 and the forgotten performance from 1895… has a dark, unsettling atmosphere that stayed with me after I finished reading.”

— Adrian C, Amazon review

 

“The story kept me curious, and I liked how the mystery slowly unfolded without giving everything away too quickly. The characters felt believable…”

— Stephie L, Amazon review

 

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Original Echoes promotional artwork inviting readers to follow Frederick Langley, with the book cover and Blackpool seafront at dusk

Reading order

Book 1 — Fractured Echoes

Book 2 — Original Echoes

 

Original Echoes works as its own mystery, but reading Fractured Echoes first adds to the experience.

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