Black Rabbit Hall (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) - Hardcover

Chase, Eve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141048937X ISBN 13: 9781410489371

Verlag: Thorndike Pr, 2016

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"If Daphne Du Maurier and Ruth Rendell in Barbara Vine mode had been able to collaborate, they might have come up with something like"Black Rabbit Hall" "Rebecca"meets"A Fatal Inversion." A remarkable debut from an exceptionally talented and accomplished author."--John Harwood, author of"The Ghost Writer"
"A twisting gothic of family secrets, forbidden lust, and an extraordinary family. . . Eve Chase kept me up."--Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, "New York Times"bestselling author of"Bittersweet
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Equal parts romance, mystery, and historical fiction. For readers who are interested in complex period drama such as Daisy Goodwin s"The American Heiress," or who enjoy a touch of the gothic such as in Daphne du Maurier s"Rebecca"or Diane Setterfield s"The Thirteenth Tale." "Library Journal"(starred review)
Chase deserves high marks for her atmospheric setting and vivid prose, and fans of old-fashioned gothic stories will find this a winner. " Publishers Weekly"
"The highly atmospheric setting immerses the reader in rainy, muddy Cornwall as the narrative uncurls in front of the fireplace. . . . Fans of Carla Buckley and Lucie Whitehouse will enjoy this thrilling story of crumbling walls, forbidden love, and family sacrifice.""-- Booklist"
A tapestry embroidered with madness, a horrifying accident, and malicious lies. Compellingly readable and riddled with twists and turns worthy of Daphne du Maurier, Chase's tale will delight fans of romantic mysteries. "Kirkus Reviews"
"It's beautifully, poetically written and reminiscent of everything from"I Capture The Castle"to"Hansel And Gretel." Eve Chase is a name to watch."--"Daily Mail"(UK)
A deliciously intriguing novel whose rich sense of time and place bear more than a few echoes of du Maurier's best. Alex Marwood, Edgar Award-winning author of"The Wicked Girls"
"Eve Chase has created a stunning page turner."Black Rabbit Hal"l deserves a place among the very best in gothic fiction."--Michelle Gable, bestselling author of"A Paris Apartment
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"A deliciously addicting gothic You'll love"Black Rabbit Hall.""-- Wendy Webb, bestselling author of"The Tale of Halcyon Crane"
An enthralling and deeply moving novel about family secrets, loss, and love Chase is a wonderfully gifted storyteller. Margaret Leroy, author of"The Soldier s Wife"
The spellbinding, lusciously-written story of two families twined together across the span of time, trapped in limbo in a magical, sea-swept Cornwall house with secrets as deep as its Normandy roots. Carla Buckley, author of"The Things That Keep Us Here"
"A truly captivating novel set in gothic territory where clocks tell the wrong time and darkness lingers."-- Deborah Lawrenson, author of"The Lantern"and"The Sea Garden"
"Expertly crafted, dark, beautiful and utterly enthralling." Rowan Coleman, "New York Times"bestselling author of"The Accidental Mother"and"The Day We Met"
"With rich and darkly evocative prose, Eve Chase s"Black Rabbit Hall"is a mesmerizing gothic tale of tragedy and romance that will leave you feeling wind-swept and exhilarated." Hester Young, author of"The Gates of Evangeline"
"Black Rabbit Hall"completely swept me away, a glorious, beautifully written fairy tale for grownups. I absolutely loved it. -- Lisa Jewell, "Sunday Times "bestselling author of"The Girls
""Atmospheric, with echoes of Du Maurier, this novel enchanted me."--"Woman & Home"(UK)
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"Perfect sunlounger fodder."--"Red"(UK)
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"A cracking pool-side saga."--"Good Housekeeping"(UK)
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"Apart from the occasional classic, I have rarely felt the urge to read a book twice. But the pull of Eve Chase's"Black Rabbit Hall"was so strong that the moment I finished I immediately turned to a random page in the middle to relive its rich characters and suspense. A delight I want to experience again and again.""-- Stylist"(UK)
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"A fast-paced story of secrets, betrayal and consequence... you'll be gripped."--"Essentials Magazine"(UK)
"A seductive wonder of a novel; with echoes of Daphne Du Maurier and Dodie Smith, it pulls you irresistibly into its world where nothing is quite as it first appears."-- Elizabeth Fremantle, author of"Queen's Gambit"and"Sisters of Treason"
"A stunning new writer has arrived--gripping and heartrending, this novel is full of original characters which don t let you forget them."--Katie Fforde, bestselling author of"Life Skills"
A sheer delight. It has everything: a glorious setting, characters to fall in love with, secrets galore and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the very last page. Wonderful. -- Veronica Henry, author of"The Beach Hut Next Door
" I feel safe on the cliff ledge, safer than in the house anyway. From the ominous chords of the prologue, "Black Rabbit Hall"declares itself as (seemingly) vintage English Gothic, brewed from the finest traditional ingredients: a crumbling mansion hidden away in deepest Cornwall; the eccentric elderly owner and her downtrodden retainer clinging on in genteel penury as the house collapses around them; the innocent visitor whose arrival will awaken the buried past. Familiar territory, but the quality of the writing spare, evocative, tuned to the inner lives of the characters indicates that a rare treat is in store for us. When Lorna Dunaway insists upon choosing the Hall for her wedding despite a near-collision with a deer, a taciturn farmer s cryptic warning, and her fiance s misgivings, one senses the presence of an author who relishes the challenge of exploiting such well-worn omens, and who delights in playing upon her reader s expectations. The two principal characters, Lorna in the present and fifteen-year-old Amber Alton in 1969, are so vividly imagined that one is both compelled and afraid to read on, which is surely the hallmark of the finest suspense fiction. It s plain from the start that even the smallest detail may be a vital clue: there are deaths foretold, twists we re meant to anticipate, sinister portents in abundance."Black Rabbit Hall "combines elements of romance, mystery, crime, horror, and the ghost story in a way that further heightens the suspense because, until very late in the book, you don t know what you might meet in the labyrinth of the Hall. I found myself thinking, as the two stories inexorably converged, that if Daphne Du Maurier and Ruth Rendell in Barbara Vine mode had been able to collaborate, they might have come up with something like"Black Rabbit Hall" "Rebecca"meets"A Fatal Inversion," so to speak. But Eve Chase is very much her own novelist, as fascinated by the varieties of love and affection as by the forces that can tear a family apart, and the resolution is both unexpected and convincing."Black Rabbit Hall"is a remarkable debut from an exceptionally talented and accomplished author. John Harwood, author of"The Ghost Writer"and"The Seance""""

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For fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Waters, here sa magnetic debut novel of wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall.
"Ghosts are everywhere, not just the ghost of Momma in the woods, but ghosts of us""too, what we used to be like in those long summers . . .
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Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family s country estate, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, of course, it does.
More than three decades later, Lorna is determined to be married within the grand, ivy-covered walls of Pencraw Hall, known as Black Rabbit Hall among the locals. But as she s drawn deeper into the overgrown grounds, half-buried memories of her mother begin to surface and Lorna soon finds herself ensnared within the manor s labyrinthine history, overcome with an insatiable need for answers about her own past and that of the once-happy family whose memory still haunts the estate.
Stunning and atmospheric, this debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by the dark and tangled secrets of Black Rabbit Hall."

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• Verlag: Thorndike Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 141048937X
• ISBN 13: 9781410489371
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 539