Bone China
byLaura Purcell
Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy gothic mysteries and historical fiction.
Topics Medical experimentsFamily secretsIsolationSuperstitionsHaunted houseRevengePsychological thrillerHistorical fictionGothic horrorMysterious pastSurvivalFamily
MoodSuspenseful, Mysterious
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceMild
A Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions.'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN'Deliciously sinister' HEAT'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home. Forty years later, Hester Why arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralysed and almost entirely mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try and escape her past, but she soon discovers that her new home may be just as dangerous as her last…Laura Purcell's spine-chilling new novel, The Whispering Muse, is out now!
Language
en
Published on
04/02/2020
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781526602503
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