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What the sea takes for its own can never return…

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‘I don't believe in reincarnation, but Mathew West seems the very spirit of M.R. James. With urbane wit and an ever-lurking dread, The House of Footsteps broods to an unsettling climax, choking with atmosphere.’
A.J. West, author of The Spirit Engineer

‘Enthralling, unnerving and unsettling’ Katie Lumsden, author of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

The Water Child A historical novel to enthral

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 25/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9780008472979, 978-0008472979
      ISBN10: 8472971
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What the sea takes for its own can never return…

      Trade Review

      Praise for The House of Footsteps:

      ‘I don't believe in reincarnation, but Mathew West seems the very spirit of M.R. James. With urbane wit and an ever-lurking dread, The House of Footsteps broods to an unsettling climax, choking with atmosphere.’
      A.J. West, author of The Spirit Engineer

      ‘Enthralling, unnerving and unsettling’ Katie Lumsden, author of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

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