L M WEST
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it – Toni Morrison
We Three
Dunwich, Suffolk, 1615.
The King’s Men are performing a tale of witchcraft and ambition, murder and death. Firm friends Priscilla, Elizabeth and Aubrey, fourteen years old, watch in excitement and horror as the story unfolds. That day never leaves them.
Thirty years later they are seized, accused of witchcraft by the same man who will stop at nothing to destroy them. As Dunwich crumbles into the sea, and with their friendship damaged by betrayal and lies, they face the hangman’s noose. How will they survive?
History has left us their confessions. This is the story of their lives.
Published April 2023
The Unnamed
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 1645.
Mary Howldine, innkeeper, Puritan, follower of rules. Joan Wade, widow, long-despised, accused of witchcraft. As their two worlds collide, the terror grows. By Christmas, during the hardest winter in living memory, there are seven imprisoned, awaiting trial and Mary’s beliefs begin to falter.
Based on real events, ”The Unnamed’ is available now.
Published February 2022
This Fearful Thing
Southwold, Suffolk, 1645.
Ann has fled from her past but when her childhood tormentor finds her in a busy street, those times she thought long-buried come back to haunt her. When rumours of witchcraft begin she knows that he will stop at nothing to destroy her…
Inspired by true events, ‘This Fearful Thing’ tells the sometimes harrowing story of a woman accused of witchcraft, not once, but three times and her fight to survive.
Published May 2021
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About the Author
I am Laina, writing as L M West, and I live in Suffolk with my husband. It is a watery place, full of mystery, and tales of strangeness and magic.
There is a real sense of history, of time, in this place, a sense of ‘otherness’, and this is what I try to evoke in my writing.
What people are saying about This Fearful Thing
“Superbly written and the historical notes are fascinating“
“I read this book in a state of pure tension”
“Brilliantly researched and historically accurate“
“This truly is a superb read“