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The Ghost Orchid

Oct 8, 2024 12:41 AM

Author:Carol Goodman

The Ghost Orchid

Bosco: once a beautiful, stately home, now a tranquil artists' retreat. Ellis Brooks has come here for the peace and quiet - and for the opportunity to write a novel inspired by the scandalous events that took place in the mansion's early days, a scandal involving a medium of dubious repute, three dead children and a séance that ended in tragedy.

As Ellis delves into Bosco's sinister history, she starts to uncover unnerving connections between the living and the dead. The past is forcing its way into the present, and - as the members of the artistic community come under greater and greater threat - Ellis must untangle the truth caught up in the house's murky past, before it ensnares them all...

Reviews

Embrace your inner Goth with this atmospheric shiver fest

—— Elle

The strength of The Lake of Dead Languages is a silken prose that lures the reader into Goodman's . . . story of murder, suicide . . . revenge, and madness

—— Washington Post Book World

Like Donna Tartt's A Secret History or a good film noir . . . [The Lake of Dead Languages] keep readers hooked.

—— People

A highly charged novel of suspense that will have you riveted to your chair

—— Woman & Home

Original...plenty to enjoy

—— Times Literary Supplement

Forsyth's tale of intrigue and bravery hooks the listener from the start.

—— Waterstones Books Quarterly

Wedding a superb command of detail to a story of pace and power, Forsyth has written a counterterrorism primer-thriller of chilling relevance

—— The Observer

Masterly

—— Financial Times

... Totally absorbing ... a highly recommended read.

—— Irish Independent

... Brilliantly executed and full of significant popular allusion and Irish attitude.

—— Western Daily Press

Bruen's tightly coiled prose strikes like a piss-soaked rattler.

—— Capital

Sharp, punch and unsettling, Priest is a masterpiece.

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

... An intensely dark maelstrom ... excellent.

—— www.marymartin.com.au

Bruen should be valued as one of the most challenging and memorable writers in the genre at the moment.

—— www.reviewingtheevidence.com

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