Intriguing, nuanced and genuinely eerie ( Guardian)

creepy and page-turning ( The Times)Ī perfect read for a winter night. 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 Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurier ( Emerald Street)Ī creepy, unsettling tale that I had to finish reading in broad daylight ( Stylist, 'Must-Read Books')Ī sinister slice of Victorian gothic. 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 ( Daily Mail)Ī deliciously creepy ghost story ( Sunday Express) What more could you want ? ( Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black) Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. 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. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband’s awkward cousin for company.

Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. The Silent Companions: The prize-winning ghost story – BookaliciousMYĪs featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Club.

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