John Harwood
1) The asylum
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant new Gothic thriller from the acclaimed author of The Ghost Writer and The Séance
Confused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a private asylum in a remote corner of England. She has no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton the day before and then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her
...2) The séance
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance hoping she will find comfort. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life. So begins this gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a...