
The Silence of Herondale
- Author Joan Aiken
- Narrator Lizza Aiken
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 6 hours and 38 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths.
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What to expect
A child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter – and a killer on the loose…
‘Don’t miss … guaranteed unputdownable’ Observer
Snow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her fear – she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for.
But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death – and after an increasing number of sinister ‘accidents’, Deborah begins to wonder how long it will be before evil strikes again…
‘A splendidly romantic first thriller’ Times Literary Supplement
Critics Review
Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others
NEW YORK TIMESJoan Aiken has established herself as one of the leading purveyors of suspense
GUARDIANUnusual, enthralling, full of wry fun
SUNDAY TIMESThe British master of supernatural fiction
WASHINGTON POSTTerrifyingly enclosed spine-chiller
SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA first thriller which has the unmistakeable whiff of success
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