The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
- Author Katie Lumsden
- Narrator Olivia Vinall
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 9 hours and 54 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Romantic suspense.
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It's 1852 and Margaret Lennox, a young widow, is offered a position as governess at Hartwood Hall. She quickly accepts, hoping this isolated country house will allow her to leave her past behind.
Cut off from the village, Margaret soon starts to feel there's something odd about her new home, despite her growing fondness for her bright, affectionate pupil, Louis. There are strange figures in the dark, tensions between servants and an abandoned east wing. Even stranger is the local gossip surrounding Mrs Eversham, Louis's widowed mother, who is deeply distrusted in the village.
Margaret finds distraction in a forbidden relationship with the gardener, Paul. But despite his efforts to reassure her, Margaret is certain that everyone here has something hide. And as Margaret's own past threatens to catch up with her, she must learn to trust her instincts before it's too late...
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is a chilling gothic mystery, and an authentic and atmospheric love letter to Victorian fiction.
'I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre. Vivid, haunting, surprising' STACEY HALLS, author of Sunday Times bestsellers The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England
'A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere' EMMA STONEX, author of Sunday Times bestseller The Lamplighters
©2023 Katie Lumsden (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre. Vivid, haunting, surprising
Stacey Halls, author of Sunday Times bestsellers The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England -
A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere
Emma Stonex -
A delicious Gothic mystery with an unexpected final twist
Heat -
A brilliantly creepy and utterly compelling read, which put me in mind of Laura Purcell, Stacey Halls and Michelle Paver: it’s up there with the most wonderfully engrossing and twisty gothic historical fiction
Caroline Lea -
A creepy, captivating gothic mystery
Woman's Weekly -
Smart, atmospheric, gripping and full of surprises, this is a Gothic spine-chiller by an absolutely modern writer
Maggie Gee
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