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A Dark Dividing (Paperback)

by Sarah Rayne (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (2 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743232003
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743232005
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 579,197 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Something strange happened within that family, Harry. People died and people disappeared, and although most of us suspected something odd had occurred, no one ever got at the truth.' At first, journalist Harry Fizglen 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 several years before? And what is the Anderson sisters' connection to another set of twin girls, Viola and Sorrel Quinton, born in London on 1st January 1900? All Harry's lines of enquiry seem to lead to the small 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, in an attempt to uncover what happened to Simone and Sonia, and, one hundred years before them, to Viola and Sorrel Quinton, he finds himself drawn into a number of interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling - and sinister - than the last.

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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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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book,: pity about some of the details!, 31 Jul 2005
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!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastically Complex, 12 Feb 2005
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This is the first book by Sarah Rayne that I have read - I am now online ordering more! The story is great and I feel like I know each of the characters on a personal basis. The way seemingly seperate lives inter-twine is pure genius.I would describe this book as a must read for readers of any type.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 16 Jan 2007
By Ms. G. L. Clark "Gaynor" (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dark Dividing (Paperback)
This is the best book I have read in years, kept me gripped throughout. Definately one of my all time favourites. I hadn't heard of the author before but will make sure I read the rest of her books, there's only a few!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Spooky, gothic tale.
I really enjoyed this spooky, supernatural thriller, the first book I've read by Sarah Rayne.

It's set over four timeframes ranging from the early 1900s to the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Denise4891

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, yet again!
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... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE
This really is a gripping read. I have read one other book of this author`s and i will definately read more. Read more
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful read
I was drawn to this by the reference to twins in the synopsis, and have not enjoyed a book so much for a long time. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2006 by A reader in the UK

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read despite a few misgivings
To refer to this as a 'potboiler' would not give appropriate credit to what was a very exciting read indeed. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2006 by G. Rodrigues

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping from first page to last !!
I don't post reviews here very often but I felt I had to for this one - it's so good.

I love stories where the past impinges on the present and this one is a corker. Read more

Published on 3 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Best story I've read in years!
This was the best book I've read in years! A really great read - very solid. I think it would make such a great screenplay. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly one of the best writers of the genre
A terrific successor to "Tower of Silence". The links between the characters of the contemporary story and those of the early
1900's are brilliantly depicted, drawing the... Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2004

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