Palace of Shadows - Couverture rigide

Celestin, Ray

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1035019078 ISBN 13 : 9781035019076

Editeur : Pan Books, 2023

Synopsis

'Chillingly gothic' ― The Guardian, Best Crime and Thrillers of the Year

Inspired by the haunting true story of the Winchester Mystery House, Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows is an outstanding historical thriller set against the awe-inspiring terror of the Yorkshire Moors. From the prize-winning author of the City Blues Quartet.

1899. The desolate Smugglers’ Coast of North Yorkshire is a place that strikes fear into those who live nearby. Unexplained deaths, suicides, young girls gone missing on the nearby moors ­­― the locals say it’s the grand house that drives people mad.

Still, when Samuel Etherstone is contacted by its reclusive owner, Mrs Chesterfield, and commissioned to work on the property, he accepts the offer. For a penniless artist adrift in London, the opportunity is too tempting to ignore.

It is only on arrival at the Chesterfield house that he learns the sinister details of its architect’s disappearance. And yet the widowed Mrs Chesterfield, keeps adding wing upon wing, and no one will tell him the reason behind her chilling obsession. But as Samuel delves deeper into the mysteries that swirl about the house the nature of the project becomes terrifyingly clear . . .

'Darkly entertaining' ― Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens

‘Gloriously bonkers' ― Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Shadows of London

'A beguiling standalone historical thriller . . . An absolute triumph' ― Sunday Express

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ray Celestin is novelist and screenwriter based in London. His debut novel, The Axeman’s Jazz, won the CWA New Blood Award for best debut crime novel of the year, and was featured on numerous ‘Books of the Year’ lists. His follow-up, Dead Man’s Blues, won the Historia Historical Thriller of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for a number of other awards. The novels are part of a series – The City Blues Quartet – which charts the twin histories of jazz and the mob through the middle fifty years of the twentieth century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1035019078
• ISBN 13: 9781035019076
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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