{"product_id":"the-silent-companions-9781408888032","title":"The Silent Companions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAURA PURCELL''S THRILLING NEW NOVEL \u003ci\u003eTHE WHISPERING MUSE\u003c\/i\u003e IS OUT NOW \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book' Jojo Moyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[It] shone, for originality for the sheer quality of the writing, the characters and some masterly chills' Peter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome doors are locked for a reason...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhost stories are for Christmas. Some recent ones haven't quite got it right but \u003cb\u003et\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehis is terrific\u003c\/b\u003e. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. \u003cb\u003eWhat more could you want ?\u003c\/b\u003e * Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black *\u003cbr\u003eLayering on the \u003cb\u003edark and creepy\u003c\/b\u003e, this \u003cb\u003eintriguingly plotted\u003c\/b\u003e novel is the full-blown Gothic, maintaining throughout \u003cb\u003ean unsettling claustrophobic atmosphere\u003c\/b\u003e mixed with some unusual historical detail * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e deliciously creepy ghost story\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eLaura Purcell has nailed it with a story that conjures up Susan Hill’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Woman In Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry James’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Turn Of The Screw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and a little bit of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eby Daphne du Maurier * Emerald Street *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA perfect read for a winter night\u003c\/b\u003e … Intriguing, nuanced and genuinely eerie * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA creepy, \u003cb\u003eunsettling\u003c\/b\u003e tale that \u003cb\u003eI had to finish reading in broad daylight\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist, 'Must-Read Books' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sinister slice of Victorian gothic\u003c\/b\u003e... creepy and page-turning * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eReally \u003cb\u003etense and unnerving\u003c\/b\u003e, it still won't let me go * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA true page-turner..\u003c\/b\u003e.neatly crafted and compelling...with \u003cb\u003ea spine-tingling revelation every few pages\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrresistibly creepy, this romps along\u003c\/b\u003e, Purcell turning her screws with skill. It's\u003cb\u003e what crumpets and dismal afternoons were made for\u003c\/b\u003e * Glamour *\u003cbr\u003eWriting in the tradition of country house ghost stories, Laura Purcell has created a book that is \u003cb\u003eunnerving and compelling \u003c\/b\u003ein equal measure. \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean atmospheric gothic tale which chills the blood\u003c\/b\u003e * Sophia Tobin, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Silversmith’s Wife and The Widow’s Confession *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot since \u003ci\u003eThe Little Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e has a book so entranced and haunted me\u003c\/b\u003e. Compelling, bewitching and beautifully written. \u003cb\u003eRead it if you dare\u003c\/b\u003e * Anna Mazzola, author of The Unseeing *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003esuperbly atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e, tense novel \u003cb\u003efull of creeping dread\u003c\/b\u003e. I could only read it during daylight hours! * Red *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant, unsettling debut. \u003cb\u003eDon’t read just before bedtime!\u003c\/b\u003e * Prima *\u003cbr\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions \u003c\/i\u003elands on your night table, don't plan on leaving your bed anytime soon.  Immersive, meticulous, and \u003cb\u003ereminiscent of the masters of gothic fiction\u003c\/b\u003e – not only \u003cb\u003ea compulsively readable ghost story\u003c\/b\u003e, but \u003cb\u003ea skillful, loving ode to the entire genre\u003c\/b\u003e * Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of Gotham *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrighteningly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eatmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003egenuinely haunting\u003c\/b\u003e and psychologically astute, the horror of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e lingers like truth in the \u003cb\u003edarkest corners\u003c\/b\u003e of the human mind * Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers *\u003cbr\u003eThis incredibly creepy ghost story \u003cb\u003eplays out in the very best tradition\u003c\/b\u003e against a backdrop of a crumbling house … \u003cb\u003eSuperb\u003c\/b\u003e * Saga *\u003cbr\u003eThings begin to go bump in broad daylight as well as the night. \u003cb\u003eCompulsively creepy\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMenacing \u003c\/b\u003eand unsettling * Psychologies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling \u003c\/b\u003eand claustrophobic. 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