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The Silent Companions de Laura Purcell

The Silent Companions

Autor Laura Purcell
Notă:  5.00 · 2 note - 2 recenzii 
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mar 2018
"[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book." --Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling authorLaura Purcell's THE SHAPE OF DARKNESS is now out from Penguin!

Some doors are locked for a reason. When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her late husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure--a silent companion--that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of the estate are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition--that is, until she notices the figure's eyes following her. A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear, The Silent Companions is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expect--much like the companions themselves.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780143131632
ISBN-10: 014313163X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 130 x 195 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group

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Ioana Andreia Sandru a dat nota:

This is what gothic horror should be and feel like. The atmosphere was thick and heavy with impending doom, the suspense was taut, keeping me on edge and practically glued to the pages. I’d never heard of a ‘Silent Companion’ until I read this book. The history behind them is interesting, but in this case, they creeped me out big time.

Ioana Andreia Sandru a dat nota:

This is what gothic horror should be and feel like. The atmosphere was thick and heavy with impending doom, the suspense was taut, keeping me on edge and practically glued to the pages. I’d never heard of a ‘Silent Companion’ until I read this book. The history behind them is interesting, but in this case, they creeped me out big time.

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Notă biografică

Laura Purcell worked in local government, the financial industry and a bookshop before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Colchester, the oldest recorded town in England, with her husband and pet guinea pigs. Fascinated by the darker side of royal history, Laura has also written two historical fiction novels about the Hanoverian dynasty.

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As a super lead launch title for the new Raven Books imprint, expect widespread publicity and an innovative marketing campaign that will establish The Silent Companions as one of the must reads of 2017

Recenzii

Magnificently creepy . I really wished it were longer
Layering on the dark and creepy, this intriguingly plotted novel is the full-blown Gothic, maintaining throughout an unsettling claustrophobic atmosphere mixed with some unusual historical detail
A deliciously creepy ghost story
Laura Purcell has nailed it with a story that conjures up Susan Hill's The Woman In Black, Henry James's The Turn Of The Screw and a little bit of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A perfect read for a winter night . Intriguing, nuanced and genuinely eerie
A creepy, unsettling tale that I had to finish reading in broad daylight
A sinister slice of Victorian gothic... creepy and page-turning
Really tense and unnerving, it still won't let me go
A true page-turner...neatly crafted and compelling...with a spine-tingling revelation every few pages
Irresistibly creepy, this romps along, Purcell turning her screws with skill. It's what crumpets and dismal afternoons were made for
Writing in the tradition of country house ghost stories, Laura Purcell has created a book that is unnerving and compelling in equal measure. The Silent Companions is an atmospheric gothic tale which chills the blood
Not since The Little Stranger has a book so entranced and haunted me. Compelling, bewitching and beautifully written. Read it if you dare
A superbly atmospheric, tense novel full of creeping dread. I could only read it during daylight hours!
A brilliant, unsettling debut. Don't read just before bedtime!
If The Silent Companions lands on your night table, don't plan on leaving your bed anytime soon. Immersive, meticulous, and reminiscent of the masters of gothic fiction - not only a compulsively readable ghost story, but a skillful, loving ode to the entire genre
Frighteningly atmospheric, genuinely haunting and psychologically astute, the horror of The Silent Companions lingers like truth in the darkest corners of the human mind
This incredibly creepy ghost story plays out in the very best tradition against a backdrop of a crumbling house . Superb
Things begin to go bump in broad daylight as well as the night. Compulsively creepy
Menacing and unsettling
Compelling and claustrophobic. The pages all but turn by themselves
You may want to leave the light on once you put down this intensely spooky Gothic chiller ... Irresistiblycreepy

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The ultimate ghost story to curl up with. '[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book' Jojo Moyes'Terrific. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. What more could you want?' Susan Hill, author of The Woman in BlackSome 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...Laura Purcell's spine-chilling new novel, The Shape of Darkness, is coming in January 2021...