The Diabolical Bones
A gripping gothic mystery set in Victorian Yorkshire
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
THE GRIPPING GOTHIC THRILLER
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë are rather losing interest in detecting until they hear of a shocking discovery: the bones of a child have been found interred within the walls of a local house, Top Withens Hall, home to the scandalous and brutish Bradshaw family.
When the sisters set off to find out more, they are confronted with an increasingly complex and sinister case, which leads them into the dark world of orphanages, and onto the trail of other lost, and likely murdered children. After another local boy goes missing, Charlotte, Emily and Anne vow to find him before it's too late.
But in order to do so, they must face their most despicable and wicked adversary yet - one that would not hesitate to cause them the gravest of harm . . .
Praise for Bella Ellis and the series:
'Brontë aficionados are sure to enjoy the accurate characterization and context, the twists turns and Gothic touches of the plot, and the strong feminist streak that manifests itself throughout, but most triumphantly at the end. Happily, more Brontë mysteries are to be expected.' The Times Literary Supplement
'A splendid adventure' Guardian
'A delight' The Wall Street Journal
'Brilliantly entertaining and original' CL Taylor
'Insightful, moving and inspiring . . . an absolute treat from start to finish' Jane Casey
'Elegant, witty and compulsively readable - I think the Brontë sisters would have been delighted' Rosie Walsh
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Ellis's atmospheric sequel to 2019's The Vanished Bride, likewise set in 1845 Yorkshire, Clifton Bradshaw and his grown son, Liston, discover a child's skeleton in an abandoned chimney of their house on the moors. News of the find reaches Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Bront , who learn that a medallion with 1832 on it was around the skeleton's neck and that 1832 was the year Clifton sealed the room with the chimney. Liston wonders whether his father intended to conceal the bones, and the sisters resolve to try to identify the remains after concluding that they belong to a murder victim. They get help from a friend with medical knowledge, who opines that the child, whose gender or cause of death she can't ascertain, was malnourished and suffered serious illness. Meanwhile, the Bront s' housekeeper declares that Clifton was in league with the devil and that the skeleton was evidence of a human sacrifice. As the creepy plot builds toward a satisfying solution, Ellis succeeds in making the sisters plausible investigators. Bront fans will have a ball.