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'Impressive' The Times'An enormous treat . . . beautifully vivid, claustrophobic and macabre . . . a masterful page-turner'Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding'A chilling, atmospheric read' Woman's OwnNot every house is a home...Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law die...

Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, live Molly Johnson and her children. Husband Joe is away droving, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly’s children are her world, and life is hard with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for protection – but it can be harder when Joe’s around.Molly’s eldest son Danny is the true man of the house, determined to see his mother and siblings safe – from raging floodwaters, hunger and...

LAURA PURCELL'S SPINE-TINGLING HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS OUT NOWAs featured on the Radio 2 Book ClubSome doors are locked for a reason...Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge.With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she t...

**'**Laura is a masterful writer, her deliciously gothic stories so skilfully woven that you can't get them out of your head even if you wanted to' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars'The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece' Sarah HilaryIs prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?Dorothea Truelove is young, wea...

*LAURA PURCELL'S HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS OUT NOW*A Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions.**'**Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN'Deliciously sinister' HEAT'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESSConsumption has ravaged Louise Pinecr...

In the vast and enigmatic expanse of human knowledge, there exists a concept so profound and elusive that it has fascinated and perplexed scholars, mystics, and seekers of truth across the ages. This concept, often shrouded in mystery and abstraction, is the 'Void.' The Void, as it is contemplated in various philosophical, spiritual, and scientific traditions, represents a state of emptiness and potentiality, a realm where the tangible and the intangible intersect in a dance of infinite po...

What if your first love was your one and only chance of happiness? In our lives, some promises are easily forgotten, while others come to haunt us with tragic results. From the bestselling author of The Girl on the Page comes The Lessons, a compelling novel about love and betrayal.1961: When teens Daisy and Harry meet, it feels so right they promise to love each other forever, but in 1960s England everything is stacked against them: class, education, expectations....

Two women, two great betrayals, one path to redemption. A punchy, powerful and page-turning novel about the redemptive power of great literature, from industry insider, John Purcell.Amy Winston is a hard-drinking, bed-hopping, hot-shot young book editor on a downward spiral. Having made her name and fortune by turning an average thriller writer into a Lee Child, Amy is given the unenviable task of steering literary great Helen Owen back to publication.When Amy knocks on the...

Tarantino meets Deadwood in this full-throttle drama of our colonial past, written by the indomitable Leah Purcell.Henry Lawson's story of the Drover's Wife pits the stoic silhouette of a woman against the unforgiving Australian landscape, staring down a serpent—it's our frontier myth captured in a few pages. In Leah's new play the old story gets a very fresh rewrite. Once again the Drover's Wife is confronted by a threat in her yard in Australia's high country, but now it's a man....

*LAURA PURCELL'S HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS OUT NOW*Winner of the Historical Crime Book of the Year 2021 Award at the 2022 Fingerprint Crime Awards'Dripping with atmosphere with a corkscrew plot, Laura Purcell just gets better and better' STACEY HALLS'It truly kept me guessing to the very last page' SONIA VELTONWicked deeds require the cover of darkness...A struggling silhouette artist in...

Tradition, friendship, and a little seasonal magic...Deirdre Purcell writes a spellbinding novel in The Winter Gathering, a compelling tale of friendship. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Edna O'Brien.'Spellbinding...fascinating and provocative... [Deirdre Purcell has] a new masterpiece on her hands' - Irish IndependentIt's ten years on from the first winter gathering, when four of Maggie Quinn's closest friend...

LAURA PURCELL'S HAUNTING HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS AVAILABLE TO OUT NOW----------------------------------------'Spooky, atmospheric, brilliant' Bridget Collins'Glitteringly dark and mesmerising' Jennifer SaintBe careful what you wish for... it may just come true.At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse.It is said tha...