The Night Counsellor
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Moat Hill Hall
When silence dawns, only dusk will break it.
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A woman is found on the outskirts of West Yorkshire – naked, mute, and soaked in blood. With no name, no memory, and no one to claim her, she is taken to The Beaumont, a psychiatric hospital with a grim past and secrets buried deep within its walls.
Dubbed Patient A, she becomes the obsession of Counsellor Jane Galloway, who is determined to help her speak again, no matter how unconventional the methods. But Jane’s search for answers ruffles feathers in a system built on silence and control. When a body is found and whispers start linking it to her patient, Jane is forced to confront the possibility that Patient A’s silence is hiding something far more dangerous than anyone imagined.
As institutional resistance closes in and dark truths claw their way to the surface, Jane must decide how far she is willing to go to uncover the truth, and whether helping Patient A find her voice will come at the cost of her own.
When Silence Dawns is a chilling psychological thriller set in a post-war world of repression, secrets, and the unspoken horrors we carry.
My Story
L K Pang is an artist and a former architect. Born in Kent, she has moved around the country and now lives near Harrogate with her husband and three children.
Her love of gothic stories and years visiting stately homes in the Yorkshire countryside translates into her debut novel, Moat Hill Hall.
Moat Hill Hall
Love was not something I was in search of. Love found me. A love that grew like a weed, unwanted but prolifically consuming. Moat Hill, with all its past grandeur, was drenched in sadness. Scrape the crumbling plaster away from its walls and you’ll find secrets creeping beneath its surface. And the Hall’s master, Mr Evans, my client, would be the catalyst of the grief I feel today.
Architect Rosie Rudley’s ambitious desire to further her career unexpectedly changes her life.
Arriving at Moat Hill Hall for the first time, she discovers there are secrets preventing her from accomplishing the job. Mr Ralph Evans, her enigmatic client, is uncooperative, using his agent to stand for him. As she delves deeper into the project, boundaries between dreams and reality blur, and she finds herself increasingly drawn to him and his mysterious past.
An ominous threat follows her as she works her way into bringing the Hall back to life. Is the project worth the danger she gets herself into and can she trust the people around her?
