Audiobooks by Laura Purcell

House of Splinters: Cool down in the heatwave with a truly chilling ghost story

"Bloomsbury presents House of Splinters by Laura Purcell, read by Juanita McMahon. 'An enormous treat . . . beautifully vivid, claustrophobic and macabre . . . a masterful page-turner' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding 'Laura Purcell really is a master of the unsettling ghost story' Jen Williams Not every house is a home... Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home together: born a merchant’s daughter, she will now be lady of the manor. But their new home quickly proves far from ideal. The garden is a wilderness, the estate is struggling financially, there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before while their young son, Freddy, seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures – so-called 'silent companions' – that were once owned by his ancestors. When Wilfred's charismatic brother, Nathan, arrives unexpectedly from abroad, bringing a very different account of the family’s past, Belinda begins to question what her husband has told her. What really lies behind the sad history of the house? And are Belinda’s children truly safe here? The outstanding new haunted house story from Sunday Times bestseller and multi award winner, Laura Purcell, who is credited for reigniting readers' passion for classic gothic tales for a new audience. P 2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC C 2025 Laura Purcell"

Laura Purcell (Author), Juanita McMahon (Narrator)

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[German] - Moonstone: Ein Gothic-Fantasy-Roman

"Benimm dich anständig. Hüte dich vor dem Mond. Und verlass NIEMALS das Haus bei Nacht. Camille wird zu ihrer Patentante und deren Tochter Lucy geschickt, die in einem kleinen Haus im Wald wohnen. Weit weg vom Komfort der Stadt muss sie sich nun den strengen Regeln ihrer Tante fügen. Camille hat noch nie zuvor jemanden wie Lucy getroffen, ein blasses, kränkliches Mädchen, das von Sternen träumt, aber den Wald nie verlassen hat. Als sich die beiden anfreunden, häufen sich unheimliche Ereignisse: Mysteriöse Tode, Kratzspuren an den Türen und in den Nächten hallt das schreckliche Heulen einer unbekannten Kreatur durch den Wald. Sollte Camille mehr Angst vor dem haben, was sich in der Dunkelheit verbirgt – oder vor sich selbst? Die bewegende Dark-Fantasy-Liebesgeschichte mit Biss von der preisgekrönten »Queen of Gothic Fiction« Laura Purcell, Autorin der Bestseller Die stillen Gefährten und Das Korsett."

Laura Purcell (Author), Chiara Haurand (Narrator)

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[German] - Wintergeister: Schaurige Geschichten für frostige Nächte

"Die Tradition, zur kalten Jahreszeit Spukgeschichten zu lesen, hat sich über die Jahrhunderte hinweg bewährt. Denn was gibt es Schöneres, als es sich an langen, dunklen Winterabenden bei Kerzenlicht mit Geistergeschichten gemütlich zu machen? In ›Wintergeister‹ hauchen sechs hochgelobte Autor*innen und Expert*innen des unheimlichen Erzählens der Tradition des Schauermärchens neues Leben ein. Ein heimgesuchtes Herrenhaus, ein unheilvolles Theaterstück und eine Geisterbeschwörung zaubern eine wohlige Gänsehaut und bescheren Fans von Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe oder ›Downton Abbey‹ ein fesselndes Lesevergnügen. Diese atmosphärischen Spukgeschichten sind der perfekte Begleiter für frostige Nächte! Schaurige Geschichten: Band 1: Schaurige Nächte Band 2: Wintergeister Band 3: Gruselige Stunden Alle Bände sind eigenständige Sammlungen von Erzählungen und können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden."

Andrew Michael Hurley, Bridget Collins, Catriona Ward, Jess Kidd, Laura Purcell, Susan Stokes-Chapman (Author), Danne Hoffmann (Narrator)

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Moonstone

"From award-winning bestseller Laura Purcell comes her YA debut, MOONSTONE. 'Brilliant and beautiful, Moonstone is the gothic werewolf love story we've all been waiting for. Easily one of my favourite books of the year!' JJA Harwood, author of The Thorns Remain Don’t misbehave. Beware the moon. And never go out after dark … Following a scandal at the Vauxhall pleasure gardens, Camille is sent to the woods to live with her reclusive godmother and her strange daughter, Lucy. Cast out from polite society, she must learn to live by her godmother’s strict rules. Camille has never met anyone quite like Lucy before, and as they grow closer and cross forbidden boundaries, strange things begin to happen. Mysterious deaths, claw marks raking the doors, and the nights are pierced by the howls of a creature that sounds almost … otherworldly. Should Camille be more afraid of what’s hiding in the woods – or her own heart? From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Silent Companions, Moonstone is a haunting gothic romance with real bite."

Laura Purcell (Author), Imogen Wilde (Narrator)

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The Whispering Muse: The most spellbinding gothic novel of the year, packed with passion and suspense

"Bloomsbury presents The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell, read by Sheila Atim. The perfect gothic, dark tale to curl up with this winter 'Laura Purcell, a skilful purveyor of gothic tales, has created another darkly twisting narrative in The Whispering Muse' Sunday Times 'Spooky, atmospheric, brilliant... I think I love it the best out of all Laura's books. Watch out for it – but beware...' Bridget Collins, author of number one bestseller, The Binding 'Deliciously creepy, riveting and full of heart with compelling characters and brilliant twists ... glitteringly dark and mesmerising' Jennifer Saint, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ariadne and Elektra Be careful what you wish for... it may just come true. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high. 'Gloriously gothic' Erin Kelly 'Immersive' Beth Underdown 'Fantastic' Rebecca Netley 'Darkly seductive and artfully realised' Susan Stokes-Chapman C 2023 Laura Purcell P 2023 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC"

Laura Purcell (Author), Sheila Atim (Narrator)

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The Shape of Darkness: 'A future gothic classic' Martyn Waites

"Bloomsbury presents The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, read by Sophie Aldred. *LAURA PURCELL'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE WHISPERING MUSE IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW* Winner of the Historical Crime Book of the Year 2021 Award at the 2022 Fingerprint Crime Awards ‘Dripping with atmosphere with a corkscrew plot, Laura Purcell just gets better and better’ STACEY HALLS ‘It truly kept me guessing to the very last page’ SONIA VELTON Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness... A struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead – and to try and identify their killers – in this beguiling new tale from Laura Purcell. Silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another... Desperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them. But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back... What secrets lie hidden in the darkness? C 2021 Laura Purcell P 2021 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC"

Laura Purcell (Author), Sophie Aldred (Narrator)

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Bone China: A gripping and atmospheric gothic thriller

"Bloomsbury presents Bone China by Laura Purcell, read by Laura Kirman. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home. Forty years later, Hester Why arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralysed and almost entirely mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try and escape her past, but surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals, she soon discovers that her new home may be just as dangerous as her last… P 2019 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC C 2019 Laura Purcell"

Laura Purcell (Author), Laura Kirman (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Laura Purcell

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