Tag archieven: gothic thriller

Ronnie Turner – Small Fires

Ronnie Turner Small Fires recensie, review en informatie van de inhoud van de gothic thriller die zich in Schotland afspeelt. Op 27 februari 2025 verschijnt bij Orenda Books de thriller van Ronnie Turner, de uit Engeland afkomstige schrijfster. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de thriller is nier verkrijgbaar.

Ronnie Turner Small Fires recensie, review en informatie

  • “A deeply unsettling and thought-provoking tale of survival and storytelling, mixing elements of gothic and folk horror with literary suspense. Beautifully woven and eerily atmospheric.” (Anna Mazzola)
  • “Rarely will you meet a story as unsettling, nor one as bewitchingly told. With its roots snaking into folk horror, Small Fires plays with the contemporary gothic vibe reminiscent of Midsommar and The Wicker Man … I challenge you to pick it up and when you do, to put it down.” (Janice Hallett)
  • “So creepy and unsettling … dark, twisted and devilishly well-written.” (Jo Callaghan)

Ronnie Turner Small Fires

Small Fires

  • Auteur: Ronnie Turner (Schotland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse gothic thriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Orenda Books
  • Verschijnt: 27 februari 2025
  • Omvang: 300 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 7,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de Schotse thriller van Ronnie Turner

When sisters Lily and Della Pedley are persecuted for the shocking murder of their parents, they flee from their home in Cornwall to a remote and unnamed island in Scotland – an island known for its strange happenings, but far away from the whispers and prying eyes of strangers.

Lily is terrified of what her sister will might do next, and she soon realises that they have arrived at a place where nothing is as it seems. A bitterness runs through the land like poison, and the stories told by the islanders seem to be far more than folklore.

Della settles in too easily, the island folk drawn to her strangeness, but Lily is plagued by odd and unsettling dreams, and as an annual festival draws nigh, she discovers that she has far more to fear than she could ever have imagined. Or does she…?

Chilling, atmospheric and utterly hypnotic, Small Fires is a contemporary gothic novel that examines possession, generational trauma, female rage, and the perilous bonds of family – an unsettling reminder that the stories we tell can be deadly.

Ronnie Turner grew up in Cornwall, the youngest in a large family. At an early age, she discovered a love of literature. She now works as a Senior Waterstones Bookseller and barista. Ronnie lives in the South West with her family and three dogs. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and taking long walks on the coast.

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Laura Purcell – The Whispering Muse

Laura Purcell The Whispering Muse. Op 18 januari 2024 verschijnt bij Raven Books de nieuwe gothic thriller van de Engelse schrijfster Laura Purcell. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, over de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Laura Purcell The Whispering Muse recensie

Ook is er volop aandacht voor de boekbesprekingen en recensie van The Whispering Muse, het nieuwe gothic novel van de Engelse schrijfster Laura Purcell, zodra deze in de media verschijnen.

  • “Glitteringly dark and mesmerising.” (Jennifer Saint, Engelse romanschrijfster)

Laura Purcell boeken en informatie

Laura Purcell is geboren in Engeland en is een voormalige boekverkoper. Ze woont met haar man in Colchester, Essex in Engeland. Ze heeft inmiddels een zestal boeken geschreven vooral gothic novels en historische thrillers. Vooral The Silent Companions uit 2017 en The Shape of Darkness uit 2021 werden door de pers en lezers gewaardeerd. Geen van haar boeken is in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen.

Laura Purcell The Whispering Muse

The Whispering Muse

  • Auteur: Laura Purcell (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: gothic thriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Raven Books
  • Verschijnt: 18 januari 2024
  • Omvang: gebonden boek / paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £14.99 / £8,99 / £7.19
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de nieuwe gothic thriller van Laura Purcell

At The Mercury Theatre in London’s West End, rumours are circulating of a curse.

It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees.

What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it’s as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high.

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