![]() Hester has fled to Cornwall to try to escape her past, but surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals, she soon discovers her new home may be just as dangerous as her last. Forty years later, Hester arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralyzed and mute Miss Pinecroft. While he devotes himself to his controversial medical trials, Louise finds herself increasingly discomfited by the strange tales her new maid tells of the fairies that hunt the land, searching for those they can steal away to their realm. ![]() Purcell (The Poison Thread) tantalizes with a skillful juxtaposition of. ![]() Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The House of Whispers: A Novel. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the disease in the caves beneath his new Cornish home. Penguin Books, 17 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-14-313554-8. The House of Whispers: A Novel - Ebook written by Laura Purcell. A perfect spooky read! Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. ![]() A gothic tale set in a rambling house by the sea in which a maid cares for a mute old woman with a mysterious past, alongside her superstitious staff-from the author of The Silent Companions. ![]()
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