A chilling atmospheric read

Woman's Own

There are shivers aplenty in Purcell's return to the setting of ... The Silent Companions [...] Purcell is brilliant at racheting up the tensions as the family try and make a home in the old mansion

Daily Mail

Purcell's skill in mixing the everyday with the macabre remains impressive

The Times

Laura Purcell's award-winning calibre is in evidence here, with everything a reader could desire of the Gothic form

Historical Novel Society

If you relish an atmospheric ghost story with a twist, this one is for you

Candis

Laura Purcell has done it again, delivering a suspenseful, atmospheric story that progresses with a creeping sense of dread at each turn of the page. Weaving family secrets, resentful villagers, and eerie wooden companions into a tale that creeps under your skin like splinters, this is a Gothic offering that will keep you reading long past midnight … and sleeping with the lights on

Susan Stokes-Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora