Rother author to sign copies of her new book

Marion Eaton, who practised as solicitor in Hastings for more than 20 years and lives in Westfield, has written her second book in her Mysterious Marsh series, When the Tide Turned.

It comes hot of the heels of her successful debut novel When the Clocks Stopped, which was published last July.

Both books are based on and around Romney Marsh in the late 1970s and follow the adventures of a young lawyer confronting corruption, evil and intrigue spanning two centuries.

Marion said: “I started writing a memoir about being a young solicitor in Romney Marsh but then the memoir grew into something more extraordinary.

“It has been such fun.

“It is wonderful to be so creative although it has been a long process and you don’t realise how much editing needs to be done!

“But it’s been really exciting.”

The author has sold some 800 copies of When the Clocks Stopped and is also launching a novella, The Elephants’ Child, set in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1954, which captures India as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old English girl struggling to find love and friendship.

The book signing will take place on Friday July 4, 9am and 5pm at Priory Meadow Shopping Centre in Hastings.

Marion’s books are available at bit.ly/mleaton.