Wayward Girls (eBook)

The perfect chilling read for dark winter nights

Amanda Mason (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
480 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-78576-707-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A gripping, unsettling debut novel about two sisters and a dangerous game that becomes all too real. Perfect for fans of The Girl in the Walls and The Little Stranger.The haunting began quietly. The girls heard it first . . . THEN1976. Loo and her sister Bee live in a run-down cottage in the middle of nowhere, with their artistic parents and wild siblings. Their mother, Cathy, had hoped to escape to a simpler life; instead the family find themselves isolated and shunned by their neighbours. At the height of the stifling summer, unexplained noises and occurences in the house begin to disturb the family, until they intrude on every waking moment . . .NOWLoo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there.But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?'A chilling debut' Daily Express'Wonderfully creepy' I newspaper'A near-perfect ghost story' The Guardian'Holds a very unsettling power indeed' Heat magazine'Eerie and atmospheric' Woman'Brilliant . . . has all the makings of a spooky classic' My Weekly'A chillingly claustrophobic read in which the secrets of the past seep into the present' Sunday Express'Gripping, compelling and beautifully accomplished' Jess Kidd, author of Things in Jars'Extraordinary. Amanda Mason is the master of suspense' Deborah O'Connor

Autor

Amanda Mason was born and brought up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, where she began writing by devising and directing plays. After a few years of earning a very irregular living in lots of odd jobs, including performing in a comedy street magic act, she became a teacher and has worked in the UK, Italy, Spain, and Germany. She now lives in York and has given up teaching for writing. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies. The Wayward Girls, her debut novel, was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers prize.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Schlagworte: Amy Engel • Anita Frank • BBC Ghost story • bird box • Claire McGlasson • count magnus • Diane Setterfield • emma cline • ghost story • Girl in the Walls • Good Me Bad Me • Gothic • Gothic Thriller • Henry James • modern gothic • ruth ware • Sarah Waters • shirley jackson • Susan Hill • susan hill the woman in black bird box • The Girl in the Walls • The Girls • the girls emma cline haunting of hill house shirley jackson turn of the screw henry james • The Haunting of Hill House • The Little Stranger • the little stranger sarah waters silent companions laura purcell roanoke girls • The Lost Ones • the rapture • The Roanoke Girls • The Thirteenth Tale • the turn of the key • The Turn of the Screw • The Woman in Black
• ISBN-10: 1-78576-707-0 / 1785767070
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78576-707-4 / 9781785767074