The Whispering House

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Description

‘Shimmering, lush…will keep you up all night’ – Rene Denfeld, author of THE ENCHANTED’Eerie and addictive’ – New York TimesWhen I think of Byrne Hall – which I do more often than I’d like – it’s the dead weight of the heatwave that comes back to me, and the smell of things going rotten.Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s suicide five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a portrait of Stella – a portrait she had no idea existed, in a house Stella never set foot in. Or so she thought.Driven to find out more about her sister’s secrets, Freya is drawn into the world of Byrne Hall and its owners: charismatic artist Cory and his sinister, watchful mother. But as Freya’s relationship with Cory crosses the line into obsession, the darkness behind the locked doors of Byrne Hall threatens to spill out.

Additional information

Weight 0.245 kg
Dimensions 2.3 × 13 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

352

Publisher

Year Published

2021-10-14

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784163503

About The Author

ELIZABETH BROOKS grew up in Chester, and read Classics at Cambridge. Her debut novel CALL OF THE CURLEW was shortlisted for the Waverton Good Reads award. The setting for her new novel, THE WHISPERING HOUSE, is a manor house named Byrne Hall and is inspired by the home of Agatha Christie. It is full of dark corners and old portraits that carry untold stories of their subjects. Elizabeth Brooks lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and children.

Review Quote

Shimmering, lush, with prose that beats at the heart, The Whispering House will keep you up all night

Other text

Eerie and addictive…A chilling, masterly study in all the ways love can lead to misery. Like Wuthering Heights…terrifying yet wholly believable