The Poisoned House

ISBN-13: 9781408804506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Michael Ford

Opis

Abi is a servant in Greave Hall, a stately London home. She runs away, but is soon recaptured, to suffer once more under the tyrannical rule of Mrs Cotton, the housekeeper. The house, though, has a dark secret. Something ghostly inhabits the corridors, leading Abi to the very truth someone has tried so hard to bury.

Recenzje

'An atmospheric scenario shot through with intrigue, lies, greed, mystery and the supernatural ensures that interest never flags . . . Presented in quality prose, this is a well crafted novel in the style . . . of Wilkie Collins and Susan Hill' School Librarian

O autorze

MICHAEL FORD read English and Classics at Oxford University, before a stint teaching English in Greece. He worked in children's non-fiction publishing for several years before becoming an editor of adult fiction in West London.