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The Whispering Muse
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ISBN-13:
9781526627209
Veröffentl:
2024
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.01.2024
Seiten:
293
Autor:
Laura Purcell
Gewicht:
215 g
Format:
198x132x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Laura Purcell is a former bookseller living in Colchester, Essex with her husband and pet guinea pigs. She is the author of six novels, among them Gothic novel The Silent Companions, which was a Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick and The Shape of Darkness, winner of the inaugural Fingerprint Award for Historical Crime Book of the Year. Her short story 'The Chillingham Chair' was included in The Haunting Season anthology, which was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She also wrote 'Roanoake Falls', a dramatic podcast for Realm, working with John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter.
Be careful what you wish for... it may just come true.The Whispering Muse is a spellbinding novel inspired by Greek mythology, Faust, and The Phantom of the Opera from the award winning, Sunday Times bestseller, Laura Purcell
AUTHOR A HUGE ASSET: Laura Purcell is a Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author. She is a favourite amongst her peers and with press, festivals and bookshop and booksellers alike
The perfect dark, gothic tale to curl up with this winter----------------------------------------'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 that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high.'Gloriously gothic' Erin Kelly'Immersive' Beth Underdown 'Fantastic' Rebecca Netley 'Darkly seductive and artfully realised' Susan Stokes-Chapman