
Published by Jo Fletcher Books on August 2nd 2016
Pages: 144
Genres: Horror, Magical Realism
Format: Hardcover
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Also by this author: Mayhem, Murder, The Language of Dying
In this emotionally gripping, genre-defying novella from Sarah Pinborough, a woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters--she is the middle child of five--have all turned up over the past week to pay their last respects. Each is traumatized in his or her own way, and the bonds that unite them to each other are fragile--as fragile perhaps as the old man's health.
With her siblings all gone, back to their self-obsessed lives, she is now alone with the faltering wreck of her father's cancer-ridden body. It is always at times like this when it--the dark and nameless, the impossible, presence that lingers along the fringes of the dark fields beyond the house--comes calling.
As the clock ticks away in the darkness, she can only wait for it to find her, a reunion she both dreads and aches for...
I adored this authors Mayhem series and I’m so glad I have a decent backlist of books to still read from her. But this? This dark, magical realism novella sounds fantastic and what a cover.
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This sounds so good! I can’t believe I’ve never read Pinborough before, but I’ve enjoyed your reviews of her other books, so this goes on the list:-)
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Oooh I think you’d really like her, Tammy! Especially her Mayhem series. Very horror/mystery/historical fiction goodness going on. 🙂
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Whoa. I think that is all I have to say. 😀
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Oh my this gives me the shivers! From when I started reading the blurb to the end, I completely changed my view on what this book is about! Here’s mine: http://editingeverything.com/blog/2016/03/30/wow-under-the-harrow/
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