The Silent Companions The Silent Companions

The Silent Companions

A Novel

    • 4.1 • 109 Ratings
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Publisher Description

“[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book.” Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Laura Purcell's THE SHAPE OF DARKNESS is now out from Penguin!

Some doors are locked for a reason.
                 
When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her late husband’s awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure—a silent companion—that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of the estate are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition—that is, until she notices the figure’s eyes following her.

A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear, The Silent Companions is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expect—much like the companions themselves.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
March 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

twilightZ86 ,

HORRORS!

A good horror story. Very creepy! Very revealing towards the end, although I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the ending. However, this story is very original and imaginative, so very different from the usual fare. How come no audiobook??

Osika521 ,

Loved it

I read this in bed while battling a bad flu and I absolutely loved it. This book was just the right amount of creepy and witchy. It does not have graphic details of gore and it is not so scary that you can’t sleep at night.

taypro1098 ,

Slower start, but amazing!

At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to finish this book because of the slower start, but once it picked up, I couldn’t put it down! Never knew what to expect next and totally shocking ending

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