BOOK DETAILS: Book Title : The Silent Companions Author : Laura Purcell ISBN : 9781408888100 Publisher : Bloomsbury Genre : Gothic Ghost Story Publication : 2017 Pages : 384 Format : Paperback BOOK BLURB: Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. But inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure – a Silent Companion – that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself... RATING: 4.5 ☆'s REVIEW: I love reading scary ghost stories, but I am never really scared easy. So I keep looking for spooky reads and that's how I came across this book. It was definitely a good read as is obvious from my rating though sa...
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