The Witch in the Well
A deliciously disturbing Gothic tale of a revenge reaching out across the years
$18.69
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2023
Summary
Skin-pricklingly disconcerting yet irresistibly readable - a story of obsession, possession and rivalry (to the death) by the author of You Let Me In - a Grimm’s fairy tale for the 21st century.
…Once upon a time, the townspeople of F -. did something bad …
Local schoolteacher Catherine Evans has made writing the definitive account of what happened when Ilsbeth Clark drowned in the well her life’s work.
Some don’t want the past raked up, but Catherine is deter…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804993163 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804993166 |
| Author: | Camilla Bruce |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
True to form, Camilla Bruce has spun a slippery yet beguiling spell with this cleverly crafted and intoxicating tale of female rivalry and folklore. A startling and original plot is woven around a cast of gleefully unpleasant characters - I was gripped from the very first page.
Haunting and harrowing … I couldn’t look away.
Simmering with unease and spookiness, this creepy read will give you goosebumps. **** * HEAT magazine *
A slippery yet beguiling spell … this is a cleverly crafted and intoxicating tale of female rivalry and folklore. * PICK ME UP! ‘Book of the Week’ *
Uniting the ‘found footage’ of Janice Hallett’s books with Norwegian tales of ‘difficult women’ and folk horror. * STYLIST *
Haunting and deadly. * TAKE A BREAK *
True to form, Camilla Bruce has spun a slippery yet beguiling spell with this cleverly crafted and intoxicating tale of female rivalry and folklore. A startling and original plot is woven around a cast of gleefully unpleasant characters - I was gripped from the very first page.
Haunting and harrowing … I couldn’t look away.
Simmering with unease and spookiness, this creepy read will give you goosebumps. **** * HEAT magazine *
A slippery yet beguiling spell … this is a cleverly crafted and intoxicating tale of female rivalry and folklore. * PICK ME UP! ‘Book of the Week’ *
About The Author
Camilla Bruce
CAMILLA BRUCE was born in central Norway and grew up in an old forest, next to an Iron Age burial mound. She has a master’s degree in comparative literature and has co-run a small press that published dark fairy tales. Her first novel was the acclaimed work of folk horror, You Let Me In; her second the historical crime novel, Triflers Need Not Apply. Camilla currently lives in Trondheim with her son and cat.
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