Bone China

Deliciously spooky * Guardian * Anyone familiar with Purcell's previous novels will know she's an expert at bone-rattling tension ... and Bone China is just as eerie ... Written with an atmosphere of real foreboding, this is a sensational late autumn read as the evenings close in * Stylist * A brilliantly atmospheric and chilling tale and I raced through the pages hardly daring to find out what would happen next! Laura's characters and the world they inhabit are compelling, unsettling and richly drawn. A fabulous tale! -- Ruth Hogan, author of 'The Keeper of Lost Things' If Charles Dickens and Emily Bronte had a love-child, it would be Laura Purcell. Bone China is a deliciously creepy novel full of rambling houses, storm-soaked nights, sinister secrets and hidden agendas that kept me turning the pages -- Lorna Cook, author of 'The Forgotten Village' So many books are hyped up as being the next Jamaica Inn or the next Rebecca, but Bone China really is, and I think Queen Daphne might have to hand over the crown to Queen Laura. The research was just exquisite ... A cut above anything else I've read this year -- Natasha Pulley, author of 'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street' [Laura Purcell] does creeping menace like no one else. With Bone China, once again, I'm sleeping with the lights on * Red * With a cast of mysterious characters, a beautifully written sense of foreboding, and something malevolent (possibly) lurking around every cover, Bone China is a deliciously sinister and chilling read for fans of superior scary fiction * Heat * I absolutely loved it. Sublime gothic atmosphere, completely gripping story and I honestly didn't expect it to hit me so hard emotionally. It's not just that I couldn't put it down, I just couldn't let go of those characters -- Martyn Waites, author of 'The Old Religion' This is an absolute treat, all wrapped up in Laura Purcell's gorgeous and compelling prose. I would very happily be pixy-led for days through the pages of this book! -- Alison Littlewood, author of 'A Cold Season' Menacing, macabre and utterly gripping. Laura Purcell has done it again -- Essie Fox, author of 'The Last Days of Leda Grey' I absolutely loved it! I raced through it, transfixed, as the gloomy and atmospheric Morvoren House offered up its chilling secrets. Laura spins her plot with all the mischievous cunning of a Cornish Fairy -- Sonia Velton, author of 'Blackberry and Wild Rose' Brilliant, spine chillingly clever, a fabulously suspenseful tale that will seduce you utterly with its twists and turns -- Professor Kate Williams, author of 'Rival Queens' Praise for The Corset: A classic Victorian tale of murder most foul, twisted with a curious supernatural thread ... chilling * Stylist * A contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece -- Sarah Hilary A compelling slice of early Victorian gothic ... An evocative portrait of a society that punishes women who dare to contravene social norms * Guardian * Intricate, atmospheric and chilling - with a wonderfully dark premise at its heart * Woman & Home *