Description
| Product ID: | 9781035019076 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Palace of Shadows |
| Subtitle: | A Spine-Chilling Gothic Masterpiece from the Award-Winning Author of the City Blues Quartet |
| Authors: | Author: Ray Celestin |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries, Horror and supernatural fiction, Historical fiction, Horror & ghost stories, Historical fiction, London, Greater London, Yorkshire, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the prize-winning, critically acclaimed author of the City Blues Quartet comes a Yorkshire-set gothic masterpiece to rival The Essex Serpent <p><b>'Chillingly gothic' — <i>The </i><i>Guardian</i>, Best Crime and Thrillers of the Year<br><br>Inspired by the haunting true story of the Winchester Mystery House, Ray Celestin's <i>Palace of Shadows</i> is an outstanding historical thriller set against the awe-inspiring terror of the Yorkshire Moors. From the prize-winning author of the City Blues Quartet.</b><br><br><b>1899</b>. The desolate Smugglers’ Coast of North Yorkshire is a place that strikes fear into those who live nearby. Unexplained deaths, suicides, young girls gone missing on the nearby moors ­­— the locals say it’s the grand house that drives people mad.<br><br>Still, when Samuel Etherstone is contacted by its reclusive owner, Mrs Chesterfield, and commissioned to work on the property, he accepts the offer. For a penniless artist adrift in London, the opportunity is too tempting to ignore.<br><br>It is only on arrival at the Chesterfield house that he learns the sinister details of its architect’s disappearance. And yet the widowed Mrs Chesterfield, keeps adding wing upon wing, and no one will tell him the reason behind her chilling obsession. But as Samuel delves deeper into the mysteries that swirl about the house the nature of the project becomes terrifyingly clear . . .<br><br><b>'Darkly entertaining' — Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of <i>The Square of Sevens</i></b><br><br><b>‘Gloriously bonkers' — Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of <i>The Shadows of London</i></b><br><br><b>'A beguiling standalone historical thriller . . . An absolute triumph' — <i>Sunday Express</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-10-12 |
