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I liked this gothic mystery. I predicted a few of the plot points and so the ending only partly came as a surprise. I have been wondering about something while reading the book I'm hiding it as a Spoiler in the comments.

This was as much an impulse read as a book that's been on my TBR for a while, but I'm using it for the Green or Red on the cover prompt for #RushAThonChristmasBingo.

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Recommended by a librarian so I gave it a go. I really enjoyed it and would read more of her books

Kept me guessing until the last page. I enjoyed the plot but the characters will not stay with me.

I have enjoyed everything I‘ve read from this author and this was no exception. A dark gothic mystery set in Victorian Bath with ghosts, murder and séances. My kind of book!

With September and fall comes the reading of gothic novels. Laura Purcell is one of my favorite gothic fiction authors.

Is the narrator reliable? It's hard to tell in this gothic novel set in Victorian Bath. A silhouette artist must come to grips with the truth about the murders which hound her.

For fans of Daphne du Maurier.

So, drawn in at the start, very readable, liked the alternating narrators.
I found I lost interest about half way through, then read a larger chunk.
I then decided it was too convenient as it came to the final quarter...
But I was wrong!! The end was clever and twisted!!! 😊😊😉😉😆

Oooh, not only is this by an author I rate, it's also set in Bath (my closest city and previous uni vourse), plus I used to papercut/draw and cut silhouettes as a hobby 😍😍😄😄😄✏✒

This is one of those situations where you can see the talent of the author, you can see the fine craftsmanship and the depth of characterisation. You can easily read the whole thing and find plenty of moments of excellence. Then you finish it and are left with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction.

I think with these types of books it is just a case of an author and reader not being kindred spirits. I am confident that others will really enjoy.

Breakfast treat after sending #lmpbc and #poetryswap

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4 ⭐. Really enjoyed the Austen vibes I got from this book, and definitely keen to read the other 4 Purcell books I have now!

Thanks @Mrs_B for choosing this for #lmpbc - hope to get it in the post this week!

Just #bookspin and #doublespin again for me this month @TheAromaofBooks

My goals for the #NutsInMay #Readathon are to actually get some reading done! Since the UK has begun to open up I feel I have been swamped with errands and been stuck in my car! I‘m starting with my #lmpbc read and then moving on to my real life book club pick. I have a whole bunch of books I hoped to read this month, fingers crossed.

Purcell weaves a spooky tale.

All finished just in time for end of March #lmpbc

@Powered_By_Plants it‘s in the post to you!

This is a delightfully lightly-scary ghost story-slash-murder mystery, set in Victorian era Bath. Agnes suspects Pearl might be able to help her find the murderer that seems to be targeting her business crafting silhouettes, but (as she points out on page 212): “Ghosts, it seems, are contrary creatures. Not the oracles she had hoped for but imps, out to tantalise and tease.” Full review here: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/new-releases/

I read 20 books this month, my best total so far I think.

Top three are my 5🌟 reads from January, plus three 4🌟picks.

Laura Purcell has done it again! The plot takes in mesmerists, spirit mediums and seances, & the subject of phosphorus poisoning or phossy jaw - an all too real risk to those who worked in the match factories in the 1850s & beyond. Absolutely recommended. 5🌟

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / Raven Books, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Another fantastic book by Purcell about Agnes, a silhouette artist living in Bath in 1854 trying to support her mother and nephew with her meager earnings. When her clients start to be murdered, Agnes feels she is being targeted and seeks out a child spirit medium hoping to find answers. Griping until the last page!

I‘m so excited! This is the book I‘ve been anticipating more than any other and I pre-ordered it. Laura Purcell has become one of my favorite authors. I‘m still reading two group books and I have two library books out, but I‘m going try to sneak some of this in as well. I‘m afraid to read it too quickly, but I also cannot wait to delve into this book. ❤️