- Mass Market Paperback: 491 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (4 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743450892
- ISBN-13: 978-0743450898
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 618,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There were things at Teind House that strangers must never find; things that must be kept concealed from the prying world at all costs ...Selina March has lived in the remote Scottish hamlet of Inchcape, with its mysterious Round Tower, for nearly fifty years. Brought up by elderly relatives, long since dead, she now lives alone, shunning the outside world. But when she reluctantly accepts a paying guest, Selina's secluded life will change for ever. Crime writer Joanna Savile has come to Inchcape to research her latest novel by interviewing inmates at Moy, the asylum for the criminally insane situated nearby. Her secret aim is to question former child murderer, Mary Maskelyne, Moy's most infamous patient. Joanna's prying will yield unexpected results. For, although they have never met, Selina March and Mary Maskelyne are connected by a shared family tragedy: a terrible act of unspeakable cruelty that took place in India fifty years before. And there are secrets in Selina's more recent past, too. Secrets that are about to be uncovered with the most devastating and horrifying consequences ...
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Sarah Rayne is the pseudonym of a well-known British author who has written several highly-praised novels. She lives in Staffordshire.
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'If you're as broke as all that,' said Gillian Campbell to her godmother, 'why on earth don't you sell Teind House?' Read the first page
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended,
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This review is from: Tower of Silence (Paperback)
A stunningly atmospheric book that grips the imagination long after reading. All characters are wonderfully developed, the emotions frighteningly palpable and the settings are beautifully crafted and darkly realistic.The most psychologically disturbing book I have read. I can`t wait for her next book!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Tower of Silence (Mass Market Paperback)
I adore this author's books, they are so cleverly put together with all the different threads from different periods in time coming together at the end. This one I felt, had the most exciting present day climax out of all the ones I've read(not read Spiderlight yet), it was very tense with the killers loose in the tower. And what happened in India was horrific, it makes your skin crawl to think of what the children went through, especially when they were hiding in the tower.
I was almost put off by another review of this book which said you need a strong stomach to read it, well I am very squeamish and I coped, there are some unpleasant bits but they're not very graphic so it's not really gruesome. BUT, although it's still a wonderful read and definitely a 5 star book, I didn't think it was her best one. Don't let that put you off though, if you have never read Sarah Rayne before, give yourself a treat with any of her books, they are all fantastic.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific thriller,
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This review is from: Tower of Silence (Paperback)
Sarah Rayne has written a thriller with echoes of Minette Waters, and I can't give much higher praise. The past affects the present in a number of ways, and her characters zing off the page. There is a real sense of unease, and almost horror, as the denouement approaches.A great read.
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