Description
'Laura Purcell really is a master of the unsettling ghost story' Jen Williams
Not every house is a home...
Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her controlling mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home together. Their new home is not without challenges: the garden is a wilderness, the estate is struggling financially, there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before... When Wilfred's charismatic brother, Nathan, arrives from abroad, he brings much needed excitement and energy. But he also brings rumours of a curse on the house.
Belinda has questions. What happened to Nathan and Wilfred's sister in childhood? What led to the sudden death of her father in law? Are her children safe?
And what part do the strange wooden figures around the household have to play in the events?
The outstanding new haunted house story from Sunday Times bestseller and multi award winner, Laura Purcell. Adored by readers, The Silent Companions was picked for both the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Clubs, and reignited readers' passion for classic gothic tales for a new audience. House of Splinters revisits her iconic setting of The Bridge for a fresh new tale to chill and thrill new readers and existing fans to their very depths.
A brand new spine tingling tale from the award winning, Sunday Times bestseller, Laura Purcell.
Dare you enter the House of Splinters?
About the Author
Laura Purcell is an award-winning former bookseller living in Colchester, Essex with her husband and pet guinea pigs. She is the author of five previous novels for Raven Books, among them The Silent Companions, which was a Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick, and The Shape of Darkness, winner of the inaugural Fingerprint Award for Historical Crime Book of the Year. Her short stories have been included in The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits anthologies, which were both instant Sunday Times bestsellers. She also wrote 'Roanoake Falls', a dramatic podcast for Realm, working with John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter. Her previous novel The Whispering Muse was the 2023 winner of The Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award.
Reviews
Praise for The Silent Companions: [An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book -- Jojo Moyes
Praise for The Silent Companions: Terrific. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. What more could you want? -- Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
Praise for The Silent Companions: [It] shone, for originality for the sheer quality of the writing, the characters and some masterly chills -- Peter James
Book Information
ISBN 9781526627230
Author Laura Purcell
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Raven Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Details
Subtitle: |
the spine-tingling return to the world of The Silent Companions from the Queen of the Ghost Story |
Imprint: |
Raven Books |
