Hiding Place (eBook)

The most unsettling ghost story you'll read this year

Amanda Mason (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
448 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-83877-195-9 (ISBN)

Infos

'A supernatural tour-de-force' Daily Mail'Haunting and atmospheric' A.J. Gnuse, author of Girl in the Walls'The perfect modern ghost story' Katie Lowe, author of The Furies'Mason is one of the best ghost story writers around today' Jess KiddSome secrets can never be concealed . . .Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea, needing time and space away from home. Nell grew up in this small, wind-blown town and has mixed feelings about returning, and it isn't long before she is recognised by a neighbour, seemingly desperate to befriend her. The cottage has been empty for some time, and from the start Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isn't quite right about this place . . .Maude, furious about being brought here against her will, soon finds herself beguiled by the house's strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams above her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object.As the house gradually reveals its secrets, Nell becomes increasingly uneasy - and Maude spellbound. But these women - and the women that surround them - are harbouring their own secrets too, and soon events will come to a terrible head . . .A brilliant, unsettling and chilling ghost story of mothers and daughters, truth and deception that asks how far you would go, to get what you truly desire . . .Everyone is talking about The Hiding Place...'There's nothing like a haunted house to get the heart racing and this deliciously dark contemporary gothic tale set in Whitby will do just that. Hugely atmospheric, the writer builds the tension gradually - unsettling and creepy, it's a perfect supernatural read for Halloween' My Weekly'Satisfyingly unsettling, this is a hugely atmospheric novel that oozes with uncanny menace' Lucie McKnight Hardy'Tense, atmospheric and suffused with the peculiar longing of motherhood' Araminta Hall'Full of intrigue . . . sure to leave readers unsettled' Anita Frank, author of The Lost Ones

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. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies. The Wayward Girls, was her highly acclaimed first novel. The Hiding Place is her second.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.11.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 2023 • A House of Ghosts • Angela Carter • Anita Frank • BBC Ghost story • best books for christmas 2022 • best books for daughters • best books for daughters 2022 • best books for halloween • best books for horror lovers • best books for mum • best books for mum 2022 • best books for winter • best books for winter 2022 • best cottage ghost story • Best seaside ghost story • best spooky books for winter • best spooky books for winter 2022 • best supernatural seaside books • best supernatural seaside books 2022 • bone china • books for mums and daughters • books to buy for christmas 2022 • cabinet of curiosities • Carly Reagon • Catriona Ward • CD Major • Christmas ghost story • Christmas gift • CJ Cooke • contemporary ghost story • count magnus • Daisy Johnson • Daisy Johnson Sisters • Diane Setterfield • Feminist ghost story • ghost story • ghost story festival • Girl in the Walls • Gnuse • Gothic novel • Gothic Thriller • Guillermo del Toro • Ira Levin • Iris Murdoch • Joe White • Laura Purcell • modern ghost story • modern gothic • modern gothic 2022 • Rebecca Netley • Rhiannon Ward • Rose Black • Sarah Pearse • Sarah Waters • scary story for Christmas • Shape of Darkness • shirley jackson • Silent Companions • spooky christmas gift • spooky Christmas gift 2022 • spooky gift • Stephen King • Susan Hill • The Haunting of Hill House • The Haunting Season • The Last House on Needless Street • The Lighthouse Witches • The Little Stranger • The Lost Ones • The Nesting • the Quickening • The Sanatorium • The Thin Place • The Thirteenth Tale • The Toll House • The Unforgetting • The Whistling • The Winter Guest • WC Ryan • Whitby • Whitby ghost story • Whitby horror • winter ghost story • Woman in Black • Yorkshire • Yorkshire ghost story • Yorkshire horror
• ISBN-10: 1-83877-195-6 / 1838771956
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83877-195-9 / 9781838771959