The House of Whispers

Anna Mazzola

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Orion
20 June 2023

The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of The Clockwork Girl!

'A creepy, chilling story - another Anna Mazzola triumph!' JENNIFER SAINT

'Chilling and compelling, with echoes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca' ESSIE FOX

'This gothic ghost novel will keep you reading well into the night' GLAMOUR

Sometimes the secrets of the past are more dangerous than the present...

Rome, 1938.

As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife.

On the outside, the forces of Fascism are accelerating, but in her new home, Eva fears that something else is at work, whispering in the walls and leaving mysterious marks on Dante's young daughter.

Soon she starts to wonder whether the house itself is trying to give up the secrets of its mysterious past - secrets that Dante seems so determined to keep hidden.

However, Eva must also conceal the truth of her own identity, for if she is discovered, she will be in greater danger than she could ever have imagined...
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Praise for The House of Whispers:

'Utterly brilliant. It's Rebecca meets Winter in Madrid with a sprinkling of Mazzola magic' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

'An atmospheric spine-tingler' HEAT

'Packed with political and emotional intrigue, historically rich and deeply unsettling' SARAH HILARY

'Deliciously creepy' WOMAN'S WEEKLY

'Absolutely brilliant. Gripping, beautifully written and properly chilling' CAROLINE GREEN

'Atmospheric and unsettling' DAILY RECORD

'Beautiful, chilling, and darkly enchanting. Anna Mazzola is a truly gifted storyteller' CHRIS WHITAKER

'A sinister gothic tale' COSMO

'I ripped through The House of Whispers in double quick time' JAMES OSWALD

'Robert Harris meets M.R. James in an evocative gothic tale' DAVID HEWSON

'The sense of place is impeccable, the sense of danger truly chilling' SINEAD CROWLEY

'A delicately told ghost story set in the bright heat of 1930's Italy. Claustrophobic and compelling' AMANDA MASON

By: Anna Mazzola
Imprint: Orion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781398703841
ISBN 10: 1398703842
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 20 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Mazzola is an award-winning and critically acclaimed novelist. Her debut novel, The Unseeing, won an Edgar Allen Poe Award, and her third novel, The Clockwork Girl, was a Sunday Times historical fiction pick for 2022.

Reviews for The House of Whispers

Beautiful, chilling, and darkly enchanting. Anna Mazzola is a truly gifted storyteller, and in The House of Whispers has created a novel so rich in detail, so clever and twisting. I loved it * CHRIS WHITAKER * Robert Harris meets M.R. James in an evocative gothic tale set in a Rome on the edge of catastrophe... Mazzola's dazzling imagination is at its very peak * DAVID HEWSON * Absolutely brilliant. Gripping, beautifully written and properly chilling. Bravo! * CAROLINE GREEN * The sense of place is impeccable, the sense of danger truly chilling * SINEAD CROWLEY *