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Bone China

By: Laura Purcell
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
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Bloomsbury presents Bone China by Laura Purcell, read by Laura Kirman.  

A Daphne du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast from the author of The Silent Companions and The Corset.

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken.   

But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home.   

Forty years later, Hester Why arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralysed and almost entirely mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try to escape her past, but surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals, she soon discovers that her new home may be just as dangerous as her last.
©2019 Laura Purcell (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medical Gothic Women's Fiction Historical Thriller & Suspense Supernatural Suspense Regency Fantasy
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gripping

Original and interesting. Couldn't stop listening. Loved all the layers and different characters and the blurring between reality and dreams.

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Incredible

Laura Purcell is fast becoming my favourite author. This story is breathtaking in its scope and emotions even though it’s set in basically two locations. The reading was immaculate, I loved this so much.

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Boring character

The lead character was irritating. The story quite slow. Performance not the problem. Just could not get into the book at all.

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