A dark gothic delight'JANICE HALLETT,author of THE TWYFORD CODE'Inventive,lavish,twisty... will keep you guessing until the very end'ALISON LITTLEWOOD,author of MISTLETOEWinter 1954,and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn,Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead,she has no prospects,and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother's things,Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had,three thousand miles away in Yorkshire.Begars Abbey is a crumbling pile,inhabited only by Lady Cooper,Sam's ailing grandmother,and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret,but her newly discovered diaries offer a glimpse of a young girl growing increasingly terrified. As is Sam herself.Built on the foundations of an old convent,Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. Her grandmother cannot speak,and a shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily...A chilling read that will keep you turning the pages late into the night,Begars Abbey is a must-read for fans of Laura Purcell,C.J. Tudor and W.C. Ryan.
MEDIA REVIEWS
Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781788164580Number of pages: 336Weight: 240 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mmEdition: Main
MEDIA REVIEWS
Atmospheric and fast-moving,it's a page-turner that keeps you guessingWonderful... High gothic with a captivating protagonist. Loved itTakes 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 candleFans of the gothic thriller are in for a treatAn inventive,lavish,twisty ghost story that will keep you guessing and turning the pages until the very end. Atmospheric and hugely enjoyableAn atmospheric,spine-tingling page-turner packed with curious characters and sinister twistsA shiver-down-the-spine jaunt into the gruesome past,with a deliciously creepy finaleAs 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,SamPure 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 readThe 1950s setting of Begars Abbey by VL Valentine cleverly evokes the black and white movies of the period,building to a gripping Gothic climaxNo-one does the creeps like V.L. Valentine... Darkly,fiendishly,irresistibly goodA knowing spin on the English country house ghost story,it's a romp told with sly affection for the genre & great gothic gusto
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