The silent companions

a novel

Paperback, 305 pages

English language

Published Nov. 5, 2018 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-313163-2
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OCLC Number:
990286691

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When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from the life of wealth and privilege she was expecting.

When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But with her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her 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 Bridge 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 …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Widows
  • Upper class women
  • Country homes
  • Horror
  • Supernatural
  • Ghost story
  • Victorian Era