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PURCELL LAURA HOUSE OF SPLINTERS

'Impressive' The Times  ' An enormous treat . . . beautifully vivid  claustrophobic and macabre
. . . a masterful page-turner ' Bridget Collins  Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
'A chilling  atmospheric read' Woman's Own    Not every house is a home...   Belinda Bainbridge
has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother  so when her father-in-law dies at The
Bridge  his remote ancestral seat  she is secretly thrilled. His death means she  her husband
Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home
together: born a merchant's daughter  she will now be lady of the manor.  But their new home
quickly proves far from ideal. The garden is a wilderness  the estate is struggling financially
there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before while their young
son  Freddy  seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures - so-called 'silent
companions' - that were once owned by his ancestors.  When Wilfred's charismatic brother 
Nathan  arrives unexpectedly from abroad  bringing a very different account of the family's
past  Belinda begins to question what her husband has told her. What really lies behind the sad
history of the house?   And are Belinda's children truly safe here?   The outstanding new
haunted house story from Sunday Times bestseller and multi-award winner  Laura Purcell  author
of The Silent Companions   who has reignited readers' passion for classic gothic tales for a
new audience.    'Laura Purcell really is a master of the unsettling ghost story ' Jen Williams

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