The Orphan Choir
A Novel
by Sophie Hannah
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Pub Date Jan 28 2014 | Archive Date Jan 27 2014
Macmillan-Picador | Picador
Description
FROM MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SOPHIE HANNAH COMES A SHOCKING NEW WORK OF DOMESTIC HORROR THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL OF HAIR-RAISING TERROR.
Louise Beeston is being haunted.
Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can’t see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school, where he performs in a prestigious boys’ choir. Her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night—and to make matters worse, she’s the only one who can hear it.
Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, Stuart, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled gated community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies of the choir have followed her there. Could it be that her city neighbor has trailed her to Swallowfield, just to play an elaborate, malicious prank? Is there really a ghostly chorus playing outside her door? And why won’t they stop? Growing desperate, she begins to worry about her mental health.
Against the pleas and growing disquiet of her husband, Louise starts to suspect that this sinister choir is not only real but a warning. But of what? And how can it be, when no one else can hear it?
In The Orphan Choir, Sophie Hannah brings us along on a darkly suspenseful investigation of obsession, loss, and the malevolent forces that threaten to break apart a loving family.
Advance Praise
“Expertly paced and brilliantly conceived.”—New York
Journal of Books
“This stand-alone novel, a break from Hannah’s
series of psychological police procedurals featuring Charlie Zailer and Simon
Waterhouse, is a riveting story in which suspense snowballs to a climax that is
all the more dire for its everyday contemporary English setting. Absolutely
haunting, in every sense of the word.”—Booklist
“Chilling. A
must read.”—Daily Express (London)
“Horrifically
good.”—The Independent (London)
“This bestselling thriller writer knows how to pile on the tension, and
her ending is chillingly, memorably disturbing.”—The Sunday Times
(London)
“An old-fashioned horror story, given a modern
spin by the likeable narrator. It has a creepy cinematic feel and races along to
its frightening ending.”—Sunday Mirror (London)
“A creepy, tension-filled surprise.”—Independent
on Sunday
Praise for Sophie Hannah
“Sophie Hannah is a prodigous talent. I can’t wait to see what
she does next.”—Laura Lippman, author of What the Dead
Know
“Hannah [writes] persuasively and with style and wit about
modern women who buckle under the stress of motherhood.”—The New York Times
Book Review
“Gripping...It’s like watching a
nightmare come alive.”—Tana French on The Truth Teller’s Lie
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781250041029 |
PRICE | $25.00 (USD) |
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