Description
From the author of The Plague Letters comes a gothic tale of hauntings, family secrets and dark deeds.
About the Author
V.L. Valentine is a senior science editor at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., where she has led award-winning coverage of global disease outbreaks including Covid-19, Ebola and the Zika virus. She has a master's in the history of medicine from University College London and her non-fiction work has been published by NPR, The New York Times, The Smithsonian Channel and Science Magazine. Her debut novel, The Plague Letters, was published in 2021.
Reviews
Atmospheric and fast-moving, it's a page-turner that keeps you guessing * Choice *
Wonderful... High gothic with a captivating protagonist. Loved it -- Rhiannon Ward, author of THE QUICKENING
Takes its reader to a sinister place and locks them in, all alone. A dark, gothic delight best enjoyed by the light of a single, flickering candle -- Janice Hallett, author of THE TWYFORD CODE
Fans of the gothic thriller are in for a treat * Crime Fiction Lover *
An inventive, lavish, twisty ghost story that will keep you guessing and turning the pages until the very end. Atmospheric and hugely enjoyable -- Alison Littlewood, author of MISTLETOE
An atmospheric, spine-tingling page-turner packed with curious characters and sinister twists -- Jennifer Ryan, author of THE CHILBURY LADIES' CHOIR
A shiver-down-the-spine jaunt into the gruesome past, with a deliciously creepy finale -- C.E. Rose, author of THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS
As a gothic novel Begars Abbey has it all: remote and storm-bound Yorkshire, ruined abbey buildings, hidden diaries and keys, locked doors and long corridors, even a wicked old woman in a wheelchair... But Vikki Valentine provides the reader with something more, through her appealing, nail-biting heroine, Sam -- Alix Nathan, author of THE WARLOW EXPERIMENT
Pure enjoyment! Searching for her Yorkshire roots, spirited New Yorker Sam Cooper is pulled into a Gothic mystery rooted in medieval horrors. Witty, fast-moving and spine-chillingly dark, this is a gripping and rewarding read -- Rose Black, author of THE UNFORGETTING
The 1950s setting of Begars Abbey by VL Valentine cleverly evokes the black and white movies of the period, building to a gripping Gothic climax -- Leonora Nattrass, author of BLACK DROP
No-one does the creeps like V.L. Valentine... Darkly, fiendishly, irresistibly good -- Kate Simants, author of A RUINED GIRL
A knowing spin on the English country house ghost story, it's a romp told with sly affection for the genre & great gothic gusto -- Kate Griffin, author of KITTY PECK AND THE MUSIC HALL MURDERS
Book Information
ISBN 9781788164580
Author V.L. Valentine
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Viper
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 26mm