The Silent Companions : The perfect spooky tale to curl up with this summer Laura Purcell
The Silent Companions : The perfect spooky tale to curl up with this summer (Paperback / Softback)Laura Purcell
- Paperback / Softback
- 384 Pages / Published 5 Apr 2018
- In stock
£9.99
Description
LAURA PURCELL’S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE WHISPERING MUSE IS OUT NOW Winner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read AwardAs featured on the Radio 2 Book Club‘[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book’ Jojo Moyes‘[It] shone, for originality for the sheer quality of the writing, the characters and some masterly chills’ Peter JamesSome doors are locked for a reason… Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband’s crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband’s awkward cousin for company.
Or so she thinks. For inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure – a Silent Companion – that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself…
Additional information
| Weight | 274 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 196 × 24 mm |
| ISBN-13 | 9781408888032 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint | Raven Books |
| Date of Publication | 5 Apr 2018 |
| By (author) | Laura Purcell |
| Pages | 384 |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
Review
If you’re looking for a spine tingling gothic chiller as we slide towards Halloween then look no further. Silent Companions by Laura Purcell is best not read at bedtime! In 1865 Elsie is pregnant and newly widowed visiting her husbands ancestral home for the first time to arrange his funeral. Mrs Bainbridge is incarcerated at St Joseph’s Hospital, how can her life have gone so wrong? A 200 year old diary may hold the key as Elsie discovers what happened at the house in 1635. The silent companions are wooden fireside friends, bought in 1635. What would you do if you recognised their faces and they started to move around your house..?! I couldn’t put this down, fabulous atmospheric gothic read perfect for the chilly winter evenings. Kettle on, light the woodburner and enjoy!
— Susie
