- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (29 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000651135X
- ISBN-13: 978-0006511359
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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MORTAL REMAINS:
‘I loved this very Goddardesque mystery…Definitely an author to watch’ Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller
‘No-one can accuse Gregory Hall of depriving readers of excitement in his riveting new novel…Nothing is as it seems in this compelling tale’ Oxford Mail
THE DARK BACKWARD:
‘A highly impressive debut…wonderfully atmospheric with a hazy mist of violence and regret reminiscent of Barbara Vine’ Sunday Times
‘A splendid pacy blend of romance, thriller and scientific mystery with a compellingly intricate plot’ Robert Goddard
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A suicide letter from a young woman with everything to live for plunges her sister into a sinister investigation – uncovering the shared past they tried so hard to conceal.
In this complex mystery which will delight all fans of Robert Goddard, the horrors of the past disrupt the lives of two sisters – and of everyone who is close to them.
Catriona is a well-respected academic, specialising in the Romantic Poets at a prestigious London college. Everything revolves around her work, leaving no space for personal relationships. She’s the exact opposite of her sister Flora, who enjoys a rural existence in the Cotswolds with her scientist husband and teenage daughter. Then Catriona receives Flora’s suicide letter.
Catriona races to the picturesque village, but there is no body to be found. Has Flora really killed herself, or is this an excuse to vanish -and if so, why? The sisters have spent their adult lives trying to bury what happened in their childhood, but Catriona must now face a very different kind of oblivion before the truth comes out.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this will keep you guessing from the first paragraph to the last, Mr Hall has constructed what at first looks a deceptively simple mystery story but as it evolves there is shock after shock until the final denoument that will leave you gasping. I truly havent read anything this gripping and unputdownable in a very long time. The ambience of the Cotswold setting will lure you into thinking you have a "cozy" in your hands but that is not so. I dare you to read it and not be totally satisfied
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first discovered Gregory Hall back in 1996 with his first and much-acclaimed novel "The Dark Backwards" - one of the best and most chilling thrillers I have ever read. His next 2 novels, although also good, were in my opinion not quite up to the same level. But that was until I recently read "A Sleep and a Forgetting". Not only is it up to the same standard as TDB, but is even better; certainly one of the best books I have read this year.
The story commences when Catriona Turville, a brilliant and dedicated but remote and mistrustful university professor with a paranoid dislike of human contact, receives a suicide letter from her sister Flora, a housewife living what appears to be an idyllic existence with her scientist husband & teenage daughter in a Gloucestershire village. From the very beginning of the book, we know that both sisters share a dark secret from their childhood which has haunted them for ever. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Not believing that her sister could possibly be dead, Catriona decides to investigate - and opens up a veritable Pandora's box.
The story twists and turns brilliantly, as the author uncovers, layer after layer, with shocks and red herrings galore, both mysteries. The characters are extremely believable - I personally did not like Catriona at the beginning, but grew to love her by the end!
If you are a fan of the psychological thriller, this book is a total stunner! Well done, Gregory Hall.
The story commences when Catriona Turville, a brilliant and dedicated but remote and mistrustful university professor with a paranoid dislike of human contact, receives a suicide letter from her sister Flora, a housewife living what appears to be an idyllic existence with her scientist husband & teenage daughter in a Gloucestershire village. From the very beginning of the book, we know that both sisters share a dark secret from their childhood which has haunted them for ever. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Not believing that her sister could possibly be dead, Catriona decides to investigate - and opens up a veritable Pandora's box.
The story twists and turns brilliantly, as the author uncovers, layer after layer, with shocks and red herrings galore, both mysteries. The characters are extremely believable - I personally did not like Catriona at the beginning, but grew to love her by the end!
If you are a fan of the psychological thriller, this book is a total stunner! Well done, Gregory Hall.
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