- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Paperbacks Ltd (30 Nov 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1847513476
- ISBN-13: 978-1847513472
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.9 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 475,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've thoroughly enjoyed many of Sarah Rayne's previous books, psychological thrillers with a touch of the supernatural and a smidgen of gothic which always hits the spot with me! Property of A Lady appears to be the first in new series of "ghost books" featuring Nell West and Michael Flint. The second in the series, The Sin Eater, is due for release in 2012.
Michael Flint, an Oxford Don, is asked to keep an eye on renovations of an old Shropshire house inherited by his American friends. He soon realises that Charect House is not quite the rural idyll his friends are expecting; from the moment he crosses the threshold, the aura of evil is palpable and Rayne cranks up the tension beautifully, drawing in the reader. Nell West, a local antique dealer, soon finds herself joining forces with Michael to discover the truth about Charect House. Why are Nell's daughter and Michael's American god-daughter having the same nightmares about the Dead Man's Knock and a man with pits for eyes? What happened to the previous occupants of the house? What happened to the psychic investigator who visited the house? All these questions are answered in the end but not before the author has stepped up the fear factor, leaving you (well, me in this case..) too scared to turn off the bedside lamp.
Once again Sarah Rayne has succeeded in weaving a complex, compelling story with lots of twists and turns. She's also excellent at creating atmospheric locations and Charect House is a truly eerie setting. It's a very readable, riveting book which I read in one sitting, into the wee small hours, as I just had to find out what happened next. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series which deals with the ancient practice of sin-eating, a topic which intrigues me, and there may be a rural Irish setting too - roll on publication date in 2012!
Michael Flint, an Oxford Don, is asked to keep an eye on renovations of an old Shropshire house inherited by his American friends. He soon realises that Charect House is not quite the rural idyll his friends are expecting; from the moment he crosses the threshold, the aura of evil is palpable and Rayne cranks up the tension beautifully, drawing in the reader. Nell West, a local antique dealer, soon finds herself joining forces with Michael to discover the truth about Charect House. Why are Nell's daughter and Michael's American god-daughter having the same nightmares about the Dead Man's Knock and a man with pits for eyes? What happened to the previous occupants of the house? What happened to the psychic investigator who visited the house? All these questions are answered in the end but not before the author has stepped up the fear factor, leaving you (well, me in this case..) too scared to turn off the bedside lamp.
Once again Sarah Rayne has succeeded in weaving a complex, compelling story with lots of twists and turns. She's also excellent at creating atmospheric locations and Charect House is a truly eerie setting. It's a very readable, riveting book which I read in one sitting, into the wee small hours, as I just had to find out what happened next. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series which deals with the ancient practice of sin-eating, a topic which intrigues me, and there may be a rural Irish setting too - roll on publication date in 2012!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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From the opening pages this book had me gripped and I couldn't put it down until I got to the end of the mystery about Charcet House.
When Michael's friends Jack and Liz who live in America inherit an old house in England they ask him to oversee the renovations on it.
Charcet house is apparently haunted. When Local antique dealer Nell's daughter Beth and Jack and Liz's daughter Ellie start to suffer disturbing nightmares Nell and Michael are convinced that they are somehow linked to Charcet house and set about uncovering the history of the house.
Told in the present day and also going back in time with the help of old diaries and letters that the main characters in the book find, the plot flows along nicely. The conclusion was fantastic.
This is apparently the first book in a series of ghost stories that Sarah is writing and I can't wait to read the next one.
When Michael's friends Jack and Liz who live in America inherit an old house in England they ask him to oversee the renovations on it.
Charcet house is apparently haunted. When Local antique dealer Nell's daughter Beth and Jack and Liz's daughter Ellie start to suffer disturbing nightmares Nell and Michael are convinced that they are somehow linked to Charcet house and set about uncovering the history of the house.
Told in the present day and also going back in time with the help of old diaries and letters that the main characters in the book find, the plot flows along nicely. The conclusion was fantastic.
This is apparently the first book in a series of ghost stories that Sarah is writing and I can't wait to read the next one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Another great read fom the talented Sarah Rayne .
here she writes a ghost story which retains its believability a mystery where you have to keep those pages turning, a twist and turn which completely surprise you.
Property of a Lady is the start of a trilogy all I can say is roll on the other two.
here she writes a ghost story which retains its believability a mystery where you have to keep those pages turning, a twist and turn which completely surprise you.
Property of a Lady is the start of a trilogy all I can say is roll on the other two.
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Property of a Lady, S Rayne
This is the first book I have read by this author but it wont be the last I am sure. I didn't know what to expect; ghosts maybe with a little light romance thrown in. Read more
Published 2 months ago by wendy
Exceptional!
This really is an exceptional story! It was gripping and I couldn't put it down no matter what!
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Published 3 months ago by S. D. Williams
Forget the housework!
Sarah Rayne is without a doubt my favourite author so i was really looking forward to reading this and boy did i enjoy it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Maya300
Another Gothic Classic
Another ripping yarn from this talented author.All the ingredients are in place for a creepy read.,the old house,the asylum,and ghostly knockings on doors. Read more
Published 6 months ago by appley
The 'dark lady' does it again...
With Property of a Lady, Sarah Rayne provided me with a delicious dilemma: whether to race through the pages at breakneck speed desperate to discover what happens next, or stop... Read more
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