This story was featured in an issue of "The London Reader" focused on murder and mystery. While it's not violent or overtly graphic, it does deal with some troubling issues, and so might not be suitable for all audiences.
In this pastoral mystery, we enter the creeping story of a village searching for an eight-year old boy and the effect his disappearance has on his aged grandfather, Charlie. The old ways of the community hold hints of ancient magic for the grandfather, like the buzzing at the heart of ‘Tell the Bees���.
I've long been fascinated by the old folklore that is so deeply woven into society as to be all but forgotten. The idea of 'telling the bees' when there is a death in the family is an old one, but it recently resurfaced when Queen Elizabeth II's beekeeper had the duty of breaking the news to the royal hives.
Contains: mentions of murder, child abuse
Genre: Mystery
In this pastoral mystery, we enter the creeping story of a village searching for an eight-year old boy and the effect his disappearance has on his aged grandfather, Charlie. The old ways of the community hold hints of ancient magic for the grandfather, like the buzzing at the heart of ‘Tell the Bees���.
I've long been fascinated by the old folklore that is so deeply woven into society as to be all but forgotten. The idea of 'telling the bees' when there is a death in the family is an old one, but it recently resurfaced when Queen Elizabeth II's beekeeper had the duty of breaking the news to the royal hives.
Contains: mentions of murder, child abuse
Genre: Mystery
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