Author:Georgette Heyer,Matt Addis
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Dark secrets, an unexplained death and an old country house lie at the heart of Georgette Heyer's classic murder mystery.
The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret, and Celia, are totally charmed by their newly-inherited country house.
But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye.
Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside and, down in the village, the locals whisper of a ghostly figure that roams the halls . . .
When a murder is committed, the new owners start to fear the rumours are true - but is their new home really haunted, or is someone trying to scare them away?
'A writer of great wit and style' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Her characters and dialogue are a delight' DOROTHY L. SAYERS
'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable' INDIA KNIGHT
© Georgette Heyer 1932 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Yet and Allingham
—— San Francisco ChronicleRarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended
—— New York TimesSharp, clear and witty
—— The New YorkerThe wittiest of detective writers
—— Daily MailLen Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.
—— Malcolm GladwellAuthentic thrills of chase and capture ... impressive.
—— Sunday TelegraphJust about the best storyteller in the business
—— New York PostDelivers what it promises
—— Financial TimesA new Paula Hawkins novel is always a cause for celebration. Her books have all the pleasing twists of the noir genre while at the same time having something to say that feels real and complex and true - her women characters feel like someone you actually know.
—— Louise DoughtyA Slow Fire Burning is a hugely gripping, character-based thriller, with great writing and brilliant twists. Highly recommended.
—— John BoyneA Slow Fire Burning absolutely held me with its compelling, multi-generational cast of women and the brilliantly evoked pathos of damaged lives.
—— Fiona BartonI inhaled this novel, a gripping exploration of the damage that secrets can do, Hawkins' writing draws you in from the first word and refuses to let you go until the last.
—— Anna BaileyA Slow Fire Burning is Paula Hawkins at her best. Here are characters you want to spend time with, living in a world you believe in, and caught up in a plot that holds you in its grip. A thrilling read.
—— Renée KnightA truly satisfying, multi-layered maze of a mystery with a cast of flawed characters so real I'm still thinking of them days after I turned the last page.
—— Tammy CohenI don't know if this isn't Paula Hawkins' best novel yet. A Slow Fire Burning is superb
—— Harriet TyceI loved A Slow Fire Burning. The ingenious beginning snared me and I was held by the subtly powerful plot, such a difficult thing to do well and here, seemingly effortless. The characters were deliciously complex and utterly authentic and that is what has stayed with me the longest - their voices, their fragility, their distinct stories.
—— Jane ShemiltA Slow Fire Burning is a hugely satisfying, brilliantly crafted novel about the entanglement of betrayal and retaliation, the damage of loss, and how tragedy reverberates in ways we can never expect. Wickedly dark and gorgeously written, this is a novel you'll be thinking about long after the last delicious pages. Paula Hawkins is masterful.
—— Ashley AudrainTense, suspenseful and wholly surprising . . . you won't be able to put it down.
—— IndependentThe queen of the psychological thriller is back with her best book yet. It's such an addictive read . . . an absolute must-read
—— PrimaThe kind of book that stays with you for days after . . . cleverly plotted, powerful, unputdownable and sure to be another global hit.
—— My WeeklyA treat: utterly readable, moving in parts and saturated with the kind of localised detail that made The Girl on the Train so compelling . . . [It] will be seen, rightly, as a return to form; a London book from an excellent writer on London, and a tender portrait of characters that stay in the mind long after you've finished reading.
—— GuardianHarks back to peak-period Barbara Vine with its beautifully drawn characters and its offbeat London setting . . . This is a subtle, haunting thriller with many twists.
—— Mail on Sunday
Superbly told, its twists and turns reveal the slow fire burning inside each which might just destroy them. Utterly compelling.
Very cunningly structured . . . gets under the skin of a range of interesting characters.
—— Daily MirrorAn excellent page-turner to take on holiday
—— Kirsty Lang, BBC Radio 4 Front RowFast-paced, highly charged and carried off with so much confidence that it is impossible to resist.
—— Sunday TimesAn engrossing account of trauma, at the centre are three women driven by loss, secrets and revenge.
—— VogueA firecracker of a read full of unreliable narrators and big twists!
—— Fabulous magazine, Sun on SundayPaula's best work yet, a thoughtful, poignant interrogation of the sad, messy complicated business of human life
—— Waitrose Weekend magazineA multi-layered mystery, simmering with secrets, resentments and grief
—— Woman's WeeklyCompelling and challenging, A Slow Fire Burning explores the damage caused by betrayal and loss, and how this can manifest in disturbing acts of revenge and retribution. The author's first novel for four years is worth the wait and certain to cement her status as a publishing phenomenon.
—— Sunday ExpressShocking, moving, full of heart ... deeply layered and intricately plotted ... A Slow Fire Burning shows a writer at the height of her powers
—— The ObserverThis tense and irresistible read is best binged in one sitting
—— HeatIntricately interwoven plots and subplots, propulsive twists and a neat finale, a deliciously easy psycho drama to hungrily tear through.
—— Evening StandardA brilliant read
—— Bella magazineA psychological thriller that begins with a death on a canal boat and involves a cadre of shifty, damaged characters.
A multi-layered mystery simmering with secrets, resentments and griefs.
—— WOMAN