Description
| Product ID: | 9781526602503 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bone China |
| Subtitle: | A gripping and atmospheric gothic thriller |
| Authors: | Author: Laura Purcell |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Horror and supernatural fiction, Horror & ghost stories, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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! 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! |
| Imprint Name: | Raven Books |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-02 |