- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (28 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1847393500
- ISBN-13: 978-1847393500
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 227,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'She has a crisp and intelligent style, and a real way with tension' MO HAYDER 'Clever and atmospheric... a compelling read' Good Book Guide 'When you get halfway through, you won't be able to stop... The varied cast of characters are so well-drawn that they get under your skin long before you reach the grippig climax' Big Issue 'Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell, Rayne possesses superb storytelling skills' US Mystery Guild 'If your taste runs to psychological thrillers with complicated and riveting plotlines, you will love Sarah Rayne... Fast-moving action with unpredictable twists' Sussex Times"
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This is a mesmerising novel of psychological suspense.Journalist Harry Fitzglen is sceptical when his editor asks him to investigate the background of Simone Anderson, a new Bloomsbury artist. But once he's met the enigmatic Simone, Harry is intrigued. Just what did happen to Simone's twin sister who disappeared without trace? And what is the connection to another set of twin girls, Viola and Sorrel Quinton, born eighty years before?All Harry's lines of enquiry seem to lead to the Shropshire village of Weston Fferna and the imposing ruin of Mortmain House, standing grim and forbidding on the Welsh borders. As Harry delves into the violent and terrible history of Mortmain, he finds himself drawn into a number of interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling - and sinister - than the last.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I just loved this book. Ordered off amazon after reading the reviews and they were spot on. The story intertwines between present and past, always a winner for me. This is done extremely well as there are a number of characters involved. I don't usually like far fetched stories but there was so much intrigue in this instance I didn't mind.
There are inconsistancies in the use of speech, mobiles, opening bank accounts etc. but with such a rattling good yarn these are soon forgotton.
Can't wait to read more Sarah Rayne books.
There are inconsistancies in the use of speech, mobiles, opening bank accounts etc. but with such a rattling good yarn these are soon forgotton.
Can't wait to read more Sarah Rayne books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is the third of Sarah Rayne's books I have read and she never ceases to amaze me with her fantastic plots, and interweaving storylines, always set in different timescales, in this book, around the early 1900's, the 1980's and the present day. It jumps from one period to another flowingly, with a whole host of interesting characters, in particular I loved reading about the villain of the book, a very disturbed and warped person. The author is amazingly clever with her ideas, the bit about the fire and the bodies in it (not giving anything away here) was excellent.
I loved this book and have loved her others, and am looking forward to reading the remaining ones. Highly recommended.
I loved this book and have loved her others, and am looking forward to reading the remaining ones. Highly recommended.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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I had not heard of this author and ordered the book from my book club because it was a bargain.
A very complex novel, with layer upon layer of lives inter-linked through almost a century. The author keeps the reader guessing about the nature of the connectedness of the characters. Just when you think you have worked out the details, Rayne very subtly changes the whole scenario.
Research seems to have been good and most of the historical details, as far as I can see are appropriate to the times. There are a few little niggles for me, though. It is early 1980s when one of the characters sets up in a rented cottage in the Norfolk countryside and she buys the cheapest mobile phone she could find. Where? At that time, "mobile," phones were mostly car phones and very few people used them. Would there have been an adequate network coverage in the Norfolk countryside in the early 1980s?
The character also does not want to apply for a credit or debit card. I don't think debit cards were widely available at that time.
The last of my, "niggles," is that the character writing her diaries in the early 1900s keeps going in and out of a particular way of speaking. Her language is not consistent. She is a middle-class lady of that time, who sometimes seems to go into later 20th Century speech.
Having said all this, and I think the editor should have picked up on the details about mobile phones and debit cards, this is a good read and I have been kept awake by this book, telling myself, just to the end of the chapter, and half an hour later, I am still reading!
A very complex novel, with layer upon layer of lives inter-linked through almost a century. The author keeps the reader guessing about the nature of the connectedness of the characters. Just when you think you have worked out the details, Rayne very subtly changes the whole scenario.
Research seems to have been good and most of the historical details, as far as I can see are appropriate to the times. There are a few little niggles for me, though. It is early 1980s when one of the characters sets up in a rented cottage in the Norfolk countryside and she buys the cheapest mobile phone she could find. Where? At that time, "mobile," phones were mostly car phones and very few people used them. Would there have been an adequate network coverage in the Norfolk countryside in the early 1980s?
The character also does not want to apply for a credit or debit card. I don't think debit cards were widely available at that time.
The last of my, "niggles," is that the character writing her diaries in the early 1900s keeps going in and out of a particular way of speaking. Her language is not consistent. She is a middle-class lady of that time, who sometimes seems to go into later 20th Century speech.
Having said all this, and I think the editor should have picked up on the details about mobile phones and debit cards, this is a good read and I have been kept awake by this book, telling myself, just to the end of the chapter, and half an hour later, I am still reading!
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I was recomended this book by Amazon after purchasing another book of the same genre. I read it quite quickly as I didn't want to put it down.... Read more
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Spooky, gothic tale.
I really enjoyed this spooky, supernatural thriller, the first book I've read by Sarah Rayne.
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I highly recommend this book.It was unputdownable! Its complex storyline was very involved although the deeper the involvement got the more you try to guess the link between the... Read more
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I had never heard of this author, but intrigued by the cover and blurb, thought I'd give this book a go and I am so glad I did. Read more
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